| 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 |
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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