W62 Comparison of classical and marker method, using three different markers and two analytical techniques, for the measurement of apparent digestibility in swine. L. L. Oetting*1, A. L. Abdalla1, J. D. F. Gomes2, A. R. A. Nogueira3, and C. E. Utiyama1, 1Universidade de Säo Paulo, Piracicaba-SP, Brazil, 2Universidade de Säo Paulo, PirassunungaSP, Brazil, 3Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecu...

On November 13, 1997 the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control Approved regulation R.61-43, Standards for the Permitting of Agricultural Animal Facilities. The State Legislature approved these standards on June 26,1998. The primary purpose listed for setting these standards is “To establish standards for the growing or confining of swine, processing of swine manure and o...

The emergence and transition to pandemic status of the influenza A(H1N1)A(H1N1)pdm09) virus in 2009 illustrated the potential for previously circulating human viruses to re-emerge in humans and cause a pandemic after decades of circulating among animals. Within a short time of the initial emergence of A(H1N1)pdm09 virus, novel reassortants were isolated from swine. In late 2011, a variant (v) H...

Invasive Sus scrofa, a species commonly referred to as wild pig or feral swine, is a destructive invasive species with a rapidly expanding distribution across the United States. We used artificial wallows and small waterers to determine the minimum amount of time needed for pig eDNA to accumulate in the water source to a detectable level. We removed water from the artificial wallows and tested ...

In April this year, a new influenza virus of swine origin emerged in Mexico and spread rapidly around the world. As the Northern hemisphere winter flu season kicks off, Laura Vargas-Parada reports on the measures that Mexico is taking to combat the H1N1 pandemic.

Nikolov I.S., Stoeckle B.C., Markov G., Kuehn R. (2017): Substantial hybridisation between wild boars (Sus scrofa scrofa) and East Balkan pigs (Sus scrofa f. domestica) in natural environment as a result of semiwild rearing in Bulgaria. Czech J. Anim. Sci., 62, 1–8. The East Balkan pig (EBP) is a traditional domestic pig breed in Bulgaria managed in semi-wild conditions and well-adapted to the ...

The impact of the protein content of feed barley on the costs of feeding beef, dairy cattle, and swine in Montana is evaluated. A model of least-cost feed rations is constructed to analyze the marginal value of additional protein content in feed barley. The results indicate that increasing the protein content of feed barley above 12% will not substantially increase the value of barley to feeder...