LRR Focus: Pigs are Flying Over Ole St. Joe\u27s [PDF]
, 1993 [Excerpt] You\u27ll see a union in this hospital when pigs fly! So went the opening statement of the new director of Human Resources at St. Joseph\u27s Medical Center in Joliet, Illinois. Flying pigs instantly became our campaign mascot.
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Effect of strain and inoculation dose of classical swine fever virus on within-pen transmission. [PDF]
, 2009 To improve the understanding of the dynamics and options for control of classical swine fever (CSF), more quantitative knowledge is needed on virus transmission.
Backer, J.A. +3 more
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Goats work for food in a contrafreeloading task
Scientific Reports, 2020 Contrafreeloading (CFL) is the phenomenon when animals work for a resource although an identical resource is available for free. Possible explanations for CFL are that animals seek context for species-specific behaviours or to control their environments.
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Feeding value of red clover-grass, Persian clover and common vetch for pigs [PDF]
, 2013 Red clover-grass, Persian clover, and common fetch that are generally grown for green manuring in organic cropping cycles, are also valuable forages for the feeding of pigs.
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Effect of feeding fermentable fibrerich feedstuffs lupin and chicory prior to slaughter with special emphasis on the effect on chemical boar taint in organic entire male and female pigs and technological meat quality [PDF]
, 2007 Boar taint is an off-flavour of pork caused primarily by skatole and, androstenone. Pig off-odour and flavour mostly caused by higher skatole concentrations in backfat.
Hansen, Laurits Lydehøj +4 more
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A cross sectional study of the prevalence and associated risks for bursitis in 6250 weaner, grower and finisher pigs from 103 British pig farms [PDF]
, 2007 A cross-sectional study of 93 farms in England was carried out to estimate the prevalence and associated risk factors for bursitis. A total of 6250 pigs aged 6–22 weeks were examined for presence and severity of bursitis. Details of pen construction, pen
A.L. KilBride +21 more
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Skatole pattern during the growth period 50 to 100 kg liveweight in entire male pigs of the crossbreed combinations YDxLYD and HxLYD kept in groups of entire male pigs or in groups with dominant female pigs [PDF]
, 2005 1. Dominant females do not decrease the skatole and androstenone concentration in entire male pigs being dominated during the growth period from 50-100 kg liveweight (see fig. 1 and 3). 2.
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AnimalsStaphylococcus species are widespread in poultry environments and can cause various infections, often when the host’s defences are compromised. This manuscript reports on a co-infection of chickens with Staphylococcus lentus and Staphylococcus aureus ...
Miguel Matos +4 more
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Cereal non-starch polysaccharides in pig diets [PDF]
, 2003 This thesis is based on three different studies comprising the weaning and the growing period, aiming at monitoring the influence of cereal non-starch polysaccharides (NSP) and dietary enzyme supplementation on gastro-intestinal processes in pigs.
Högberg, Ann
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