"๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ช๐จ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆโ๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐จ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ." - ๐๐ฟ. ๐ ๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ง๐ผ๐ธ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต
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๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป:
1. Swine nutrition audit
2. The process of establishing a goal
3. Aligning with the correct goals
4. Performance data
5. Records and information
6.ย Analyzing ingredients
7.ย Vitamin and mineral storage
8.ย Examining formulations
9. Energy
10.ย How much leeway to give in formulation
11.ย Feed mill
12.ย Particle size
13. M...
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"๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ช๐ป๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ." - ๐๐ฟ. ๐๐๐๐๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐น๐น
๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป:
1. Insights from what was learned in the Netherlands
2. Why we need to know a little about a lot of things
3. What to say when speaking to faculty members
4. Talking to vendors as a production swine nutritionist
5. The function of additives
6. Priorities of the production swine nutritionist
7. The cost of adding fat to the diet
8. Fat to corn price rat...

Here is the one concept that I wish most schools would teach swine industry professionals: space long and space short.
Space long or space short has to do with how is the pig flow from the production system?
Do we need to market the pigs as soon as possible because the nursery pigs are coming? That would mean the production system is space short.
Or, we do not need to rush too much; we can leave the finishing pigs a few days more in the barn to reach target weight since the nursery pigs are...

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Here are the ten unbreakable rules of swine nutrition in my view:
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- Nutrient loadings of ingredients: they are the backbone of swine nutrition - you need to get them right.
- Economic energy level: itโs not about having the best pig performance possible; it is about having the best profitability; thus, you need to have the most economical level of dietary energy
- Lysine to calorie ratio: You will not get the most out of your dietary energy if your lysine levels are not adjusted correctly...

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Today I want to go over what looks like 90% of swine professionals do not understand about gestating sow feeding (and even the NRC got it wrong, and I respect the NRC for most things).
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If you are in a hurry, here is the summary:
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Most swine professionals do not understand that the sow changes it's priorities throughout the gestation period. In early gestation, the priority is herself; thus, she will lose her pregnancy and return to estrus if anything undesirable happens. However, in ...

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No question feed efficiency is a robust benchmark and a key driver for many decisions. Yet, are we utilizing these benchmarks correctly?
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We know that the feeding program for pigs significantly impacts profitability, as feed cost accounts for up to 75% of total production cost.
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Within the feeding program, energy alone could represent 50% or even more of the total cost. Thus, dietary energy is critical in swine diets and becomes essential to understanding feed efficiency.
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A key qu...
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"๐๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ค๐ฉ โ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐บ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ญ๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ป๐ฆ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ต๐ข ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด." - ๐๐ฟ. ๐ก๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ผ
๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป:
1. The biggest statistical mistakes made in animal research
2. How to set up experimental designs effectively
3. Observational vs. experimental studies
4. Pros and cons of blocking in statistics
5. The importance of randomization
6. Easy ...

