Swine production in Italy is characteristically oriented towards typical meat products. In 2007, the Italian pig population was more than 9 million head (Italian Pig Breeders Association ANAS, 2008). Pig farms numbered around 101,000 in 2007 and over 80% were concentrated in the four northern Italian regions of Lombardia, Emilia-Romagna, Piemonte and Veneto (ISTAT, 2008). This is why the dairy ...

In response to commercial interest in pig production, CSIRO’s Division of Animal Production designed AUSPIG, an MS-DOS tool for studying the performance of pigs growing in pens in a piggery. The pig farmer enters information concerning the pigs’ diet, genotype, and housing, as well as certain data concerning the local buyers of pigs. AUSPIG’s grower pig and breeder pig models then simulate the ...

A novel phosphoinositolglycan-peptide (PIG-P) from the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae potently mimicks insulin action on glucose transport and metabolism in rat muscle and adipose tissue. The aim of the present study was to elucidate the cellular signalling pathways of this insulin-mimetic compound. Rapid onset and reversibility of PIG-P action on glucose transport were observed in isolated adi...

Peppa Pig centres around a young pig, Peppa, her family (brother George, Mummy Pig, Daddy Pig), and animal friends and members of the community. Dr Brown Bear, a single handed GP with whom the Pig family is registered, appears to provide his patients with an excellent service—prompt and direct telephone access, continuity of care, extended hours, and a low threshold for home visits. But could t...

The stomach of newborn pig contains a proteinase that is immunologically closely related to calf chymosin (rennin) (EC 3.4.23.4.). None of the pepsins from the stomach of adult pig is present in the newborn pig. Pig chymosin has optimal general proteolytic activity around pH 3.5. The ratio of milk-clotting activity to general proteolytic activity is about 30--70 times higher than that of pylori...

H. Mönig,1 J. Sun,2 Yu. M. Koroteev,3,4 G. Bihlmayer,5 J. Wells,1 E. V. Chulkov,3,6 K. Pohl,2 and Ph. Hofmann1,* 1Institute for Storage Ring Facilities, University of Aarhus, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark 2Department of Physics and Materials Science Program, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire 03824, USA 3Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC), 20018 San Sebastián, Basque Country,...

1Department of Civil Engineering, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824 2Department of Electrical Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544 3Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 4Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 Tat.Fu@...

IN THIS PAPER WE REPORT ON GROUND BEETLES (COLEOPTERA Carabidae) collected from the Hanford Nuclear Reservation and Hanford National Monument (together the Hanford Site), which is located in south-central Washington State. The Site is a relatively undisturbed relict of the shrub-steppe habitat present throughout much of the western Columbia Basin before the westward expansion of the United Stat...

Live pig trade patterns, drivers and characteristics, particularly in backyard predominant systems, remain largely unexplored despite their important contribution to the spread of infectious diseases in the swine industry. A better understanding of the pig trade dynamics can inform the implementation of risk-based and more cost-effective prevention and control programs for swine diseases. In th...

Industrialized small-scale pig farming has been rapidly developed in developing regions such as China and Southeast Asia, but the environmental problems accompanying pig farming have not been fully recognized. This study investigated 168 small-scale pig farms and 29 example pig farms in Yujiang County of China to examine current and potential impacts of pig wastes on soil, water and crop qualit...