With the looming threat of ASF and other issues potentially disrupting our normal feed supply chain, we must be prepared and have a proper plan to hold off our pigs until we can get more feed while avoiding the onset of gastric ulcers. In this episode, I talk with Kayla Miller about two studies she ran determining the efficacy of different feed supply management strategies and the effects of particle size and feed disruptions on the development of gastric ulcers.
Meet the guest: Kayla M...
Since its discovery in 2015, PCV-3 has been a concern for veterinarians and swine producers worldwide. Fully knowing the impacts that PCV-2 can have on a farm, a third member of the Porcine circovirus family should be well understood. In today's episode, I talk with Dr. Fabio Vannucci about his work with PCV-3, different methods of testing, and how it presents itself in our swine herds.
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Dr. Fabio Vannucci is an Associate Professor at the University of Minnesota. He rece...
Learning, adapting, and overcoming challenges are constant battles everyone has to go through several times in life. The lessons learned from these experiences are extremely important in helping us find success throughout our careers. In this episode, I talk with Dr. James Kober about some of the lessons he has learned from being a practicing veterinarian for the last 35 years, as well as some issues in the industry that he thinks need to be addressed.
What you will learn:
1. Perceptio...
We continue to adjust amino acid requirements to meet the needs of sows for growth or protein synthesis. Being able to model those requirements is a critical piece of a nutritionist’s job. That is the focus of Christian Ramirez’s work, and he and I talk about it in this episode to discuss how the performance of a gestating sow could improve with additional nutrients.
Meet the guest: Christian Ramirez is a Ph.D. student at South Dakota State University. He received his M.S. in Animal Scie...
I am back with a third episode with Dr. Daniel Linhares and Dr. Giovani Trevisan to discuss what they recommend in times of a PRRSV outbreak and how best to respond. PRRSV can seriously impact the economic and welfare status of your farm, and handling those issues is essential for maximizing productivity and income. Listen to the results of this study to learn how best to respond if your farm has the unfortunate reality of testing PRRSV positive.
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Dr. Daniel Linhares is...
Research is one of the most important ongoing goals of the swine industry. Performing these large-scale trials helps us find the best ways to keep our growth performance strong and our pigs healthy. In this episode, I talk with Dr. Brandi Burton about her field research trials on mycoplasma inoculation and mortality correlated biomarkers as well as good practices and mindsets we need to have as researchers, veterinarians, and nutritionists alike.
What you will learn:
1. Current field res...
Morning - your weekly 9-minute swine nutrition research update is here: As we continue to genetically select for sows to produce more pigs, it is important that we ensure they are getting adequate milk from the sow, but there may be more ways to help this other than maximizing feed intake during lactation. In this episode, I talk with Dr. Chantal Farmer about her recent study on increasing lysine in the gestation period to further increase mammary development in gestating gilts and hopefully con...