2005 Nebraska Swine Report

Table of Contents

Health
PRRSV Negative Herds: A Survival Analysis 3
Production Management
Shoulder Ulcers in Sows 6
Out-of-Feed Events in Grow-Finish Pigs: Causes and Consequences 9
Teeth Clipping -- Have You Tried to Quit? 12
Nutrition
Research Proposal Summary: Effects of Nutrition During Gilt Development on Sow Lifetime Productivity of Two Prolific Maternal Lines 14
Effect of Increasing Dietary Crude Protein Concentration on Growth Performance and Serum Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I Concentration in Barrows and Gilts 16
Development of a NCR-42 Vitamin-Trace Mineral Mix 21
Genetics
Incidence and Inheritance of Splayleg in Nebraska Litter Size Selection Lines 24
Business Management
How Big is "Big Enough" to Make a Living in Pork Production? 28
Housing
Heating Systems for Wean-to-Finish Facilities 31
Meats
Rapid Methods to Predict Lean Quality Attributes in Pork 36
Does Insulin and Leucine Stimulate Muscle Protein Synthesis? 40
Appendix
Explanation of Statistics Used in This Report 45


File EC219 under SWINE
Issued January 2005

Electronic version issued January 2005
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Issued in furtherance of Cooperative Extension work, Acts of May 8 and June 30, 1914, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Elbert C. Dickey, Dean and Director of Cooperative Extension, University of Nebraska, Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources.

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