Here are the ten unbreakable rules of swine nutrition in my view:

1. Nutrient loadings of ingredients: they are the backbone of swine nutrition - you need to get them right.
2. Economic energy level: it’s 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
3. Lysine to calorie ratio: You will not get the most out of your dietary energy if your lysine levels are not adjusted correctly...

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).

If you are in a hurry, here is the summary:

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 ...

No question feed efficiency is a robust benchmark and a key driver for many decisions. Yet, are we utilizing these benchmarks correctly?

We know that the feeding program for pigs significantly impacts profitability, as feed cost accounts for up to 75% of total production cost.

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.

A key qu...

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"𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 – 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘶𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘢 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴." - 𝗗𝗿. 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝗮 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻:

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 ...

We always talk about “improving pig performance”, right? 

That is a common topic on the day-to-day of a swine industry professional or graduate student.

We often see swine nutritionists (or swine professionals in general) coming up with conclusions or recommendations without considering two key aspects of pig production: Economics and Implementation.

Enter “The triad of decision making in swine production”...

1) Biology

That is the easy one. Well… not quite.

We can b...

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"𝘔𝘺 𝘣𝘪𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 [𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵] 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘦, 𝘴𝘰 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵." - 𝗗𝗿. 𝗔𝗺𝘆 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗵𝗼𝗳𝗳

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻:

1. Thoughts on 𝘔𝘺𝘤𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘮𝘢 𝘩𝘺𝘰𝘱𝘯𝘦𝘶𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘦
2. Swine transport biosecurity
3. Thoughts on innovation
4. Circovirus stability
5. Lessons learned after vet school
6. Using your “drive time...

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"𝘈𝘥𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘺𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘥 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘩𝘦𝘢, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘵𝘩 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘪𝘨𝘴." - 𝗗𝗿. 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗛𝘁𝗼𝗼

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻:

1. The major challenges in the pig industry
2. Key areas of research
3. Dynamic amino acid ratios
4. Low protein diets
5. By-products and amino acid ratios
6. Holistic gut health
7. Common misunderstandings on amino acids and nutrition

𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁: Dr. Htoo obtained a BAgrSc (...