Transportation

Dr. John Patience - Implications of marketing pigs at heavier weights

Growth and development implications of marketing pigs at heavier weights - Dr. John Patience, Iowa State University, from the 2012 Allen D. Leman Swine Conference, September 15-18, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA.

Dr. Mike Brumm - Impact of heavy swine market weights on facility and equipment needs

Impact of heavy swine market weights on facility and equipment needs - Dr. Mike Brumm, from the 2012 Allen D. Leman Swine Conference, September 15-18, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA.

Dr. John McGlone - Market pig transport

Market pig transport - Dr. John McGlone, from the 2012 Allen D. Leman Swine Conference, September 15-18, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA.

Dr. Avi Sapkota - Transport bedding - can less be better?

Transport bedding - can less be better? - Avi Sapkota, Ph.D., Texas Tech University, from the 2012 World Pork Expo, June 6-8, Des Moines, Iowa, USA.

SwineCast 0703, What Transportation Stressors Can Be Minimized Or Eliminated?

SwineCast 0703 Show Notes:

Canada's Prairie Swine Centre is joining with the Universities of Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Guelph and Laval University to identify transportation stressors which may lead to meat quality issues. This conversation with Dr. Yolande Seddon comes from Bruce Cochrane at FarmScape.ca. In a related presentation, Dr. Ken Prusa's Iowa Pork Congress talks about how feed items like DDGs effect meat quality.

SwineCast 0630, What Are You Doing About Fatigued Pig Syndrome?

SwineCast 0630 Show Notes:

Bruce Cochrane hooks up with Elanco's Corporate pork account manager for western Canada and Ontario, Don Down to discuss fatigued pig syndrome and solutions for your operation.
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Dr. Spencer Wayne - Movements Impact PRRSv Outbreaks, Cause and Effect

Movements Impact PRRSv Outbreaks, Cause and Effect - Spencer Wayne - Pipestone Veterinary Clinic, from the 2010 International PRRS Symposium, December 3 - 4, 2010, Chicago, IL, USA.

SwineCast 0592, Preharvest Loading And Transport Can Impact Product Quality

SwineCast 0592 Show Notes:

Dr. Neal Matthews looks at Preharvest Handling Defects and Measures to Alleviate Them at the recent Leman Conference. Audio portions of the presentation are contained herein.
Link to additional materials from U of MN's Leman Conference.

SwineCast 0420, Transportation Conference - Food Safety and Quality Conversations

SwineCast 0420 Show Notes:

The Swine Handling and Transport Forum immediately preceeds World Pork Expo in Des Moines. A good reason to come a day early!
Breaking the ice on the converation you need to have with those around you. "I'm a pork producer and proud of it. And this is why that's important to you." Conversation with past NPPC pres Jill Appell

SwineCast 0419, Transportation Biosecurity - World Pork Expo Program

SwineCast 0419 Show Notes:

Dr. Angie Delks with Suidae Animal Health shares key elements of her presentation to the AASV on transportation biosecurity. Making it work in your operation.
Link to the National Pork Board's Swine Handling and Transport Forum which immediately preceeds World Pork Expo in Des Moines.
NPPC's John Wrigley discusses the upcoming World Pork Expo... and in answer to industry questions in light of H1N1, THE SHOW WILL GO ON!