Alternatives to corn for baiting wild pigs

Alternatives to Corn for Dairy Rations

A twoto four-fold increase in corn prices in recent years over historical trends has prompted many questions about alternatives to corn for dairy rations. As corn is a low protein high energy feedstuff, its continued use even with high prices or concern over its partial replacement is mainly confined to rations for lactating cows where meeting the energy requirements of milk production is impor...

Practical Alternatives to Sow Stalls for Breeding Pigs in Europe

Exposure of feral pigs to brodifacoum following baiting for rodent control

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Baiting for SucceSS

W hich urban pest is the most difficult to control? Most PMPs say ants. But the answer to this question has shifted completely over the past 20 years — from cockroaches to ants. Today, few people consider the German cockroach a difficult pest to manage. What made the change is the invention of highly effective baits, in particular, gel baits. Then, the question is, why is the German cockroach s...

Feeding the Pigs’ Immune System and Alternatives to Antibiotics

Diet formulation and feeding strategies may be used to boost the pigs’ immune system and reduce the negative impact of weaning. Post-weaning diarrhea can be reduced or prevented by feeding diets that have low concentrations of crude protein. Such diets may supply fewer amino acids than recommended and pig growth rate may be reduced, but if pigs are provided a diet with a normal or elevated conc...