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Major pig diseases in China China is no different than other pig-producing areas; it is affected by well-known diseases that reduce productivity and profitability.
21/01/2017
What causes secretory or nutritional diarrheas in piglets? Pathogenic diarrheas are quite common, but they are often confused with non-pathogenic secretory diarrheas, which can be avoided by correct feed formulation
21/01/2017
Smithfield profits up 60 percent for third quarter 2016 Smithfield Foods executives touted income and profit increases in their third quarter earnings conference call on October 26. Total operating profits increased
17/01/2017
Smithfield acquires pork facilities and farms from Hormel The purchase price for Clougherty Packing LLC was US$145 million in cash, subject to working capital adjustments at closing.
17/01/2017
Smithfield’s new Ohio pig feed facilities to buy local grain Pig producers’ feed purchasing and handling operations will buy from local grain farmers.
17/01/2017
Pig feed middlemen dislike Smithfield’s farm-direct buys Some US grain handlers dislike Smithfield Foods’ increasing purchase of animal feed grain directly from farmers and storage of that pig feed
17/01/2017
Stabilized rice bran boosts antibiotic-free piglet growth North Carolina State University researchers boosted piglet growth performance without antibiotics by including stabilized rice gran in the piglets’ feed
17/01/2017
Pig, poultry enzyme growth promoter research, JAM 2016 Researchers will present the findings of two industry-sponsored studies on the use of enzymes as growth promoters in pigs and poultry
17/01/2017
Helping heat stressed pigs with live yeast Preliminary results of a study on heat stress using live probiotic yeast showed increased resistance to heat stress and benefits to feeding behavior
17/01/2017
Predicting creep feed intake in piglets Creep feed intake is highly variable not only between litters but also within the same litter. Nevertheless, some guidelines are needed
17/01/2017