Swine Papers is a collection of our more recent research findings and popular press articles.
Behavior and Well-Being
- Understanding Pain in Piglets to Improve Welfare
- 3 Tips to Prevent Tail Biting
- Minnesota Impacts Swine Welfare (Video)
- Welfare, Meat Quality & Performance of Pigs Housed in Large-Group, Deep Litter Systems (.pdf)
- Defining and Assessing Animal Welfare (.pdf)
- Docking the tail or not: Effect on welfare and performance of growing-finishing pigs
- Protecting Low Ranking Sows (.pdf)
- Minimizing Aggression Among Group-Housed Gestating Sows at Mixing
- Alternative farrowing options in the swine industry
- Effects of tryptophan supplementation (.pdf) on aggression among group-housed gestating sows
- Is maternal fear associated with piglet survival in loose farrowing systems? (.pdf)
- Association of sow fear, parity and season on piglet mortality in loose farrowing systems (.pdf)
- Pre-weaning mortality of piglets - How can we solve the problem? (.pdf)
- Behavior and performance of pigs previously housed in large groups (.pdf)
- Behavioral response of nursery pigs to reduced nocturnal temperature (.pdf)
- Effects of familiarity and weight variation on aggression among grow-finish pigs following regrouping (.pdf)
- Indicators of Slow Growing Pigs (.pdf)
- Identifying factors contributing to slow growth in pigs (.pdf)
- Heat Stress Study (.pdf)
Housing
- Growth Performance of Nursery Pigs not affected by Water Delivery System
- Does Water Quality Impact Nursery Pig Performance and Health? (National Hog Farmer)
- Farrowing Environment and Piglet Microbiomes
- How much floor space to group housed sows need? (National Hog Farmer)
- Do old floor space allowances apply to modern finishing pigs marketed at 300 lb? (.pdf)(Final Report)
- Are finishing hogs getting enough space? (National Hog Farmer)
- Determining Feeder Space Requirements for Growing-Finishing Pigs
- Ample Feeder Space Benefits Slow-growing Pigs in Nursery Phase
- Growth Performance & Carcass Quality of Pigs House in Hoop Barns (.pdf)
- Welfare, Meat Quality & Performance of Pigs Housed in Large-Group, Deep Litter Systems (.pdf)
- Alternative farrowing options in the swine industry
- Managing Gestation Sows in Groups
- Retrofitting Gestation Stalls to Group Housing
- Management options for gestating sows, group-housed in an electronic sow feeder system (.pdf)
- Research on group housing for sows (.pdf)
- Animal-related factors affecting piglet mortality in loose farrowing systems (.pdf)
- Effect of lactation housing on growth performance of pigs (.pdf)
- Group Sow Housing: Practical Considerations
Nutrition
- Water & Zinc: Improving Pig Performance? (Podcast on YouTube)
- Wean-to-estrus interval: Is full feeding beneficial?
- Zinc in late-gestation diets for sows improves piglet survival
- Feeding camelina meal to pigs
- Can dietary zinc help pigs cope? (.pdf)
- Feeding Algae to Pigs: Really?
- Immunological castration and ethanol co-products studied to improve pork production (.pdf)
- Evaluation of Glycerol, a Biodiesel co-product, in grow-finish pigs diets to support growth (.pdf)
- Determining Feeder Space Requirements for Growing-Finishing Pigs
- Feeding By-Products High in Concentration of Fiber to Nonruminant (.pdf)
- Value of Selected Flowability Agents for DDGS (.pdf)
- Use of crude glycerol, a biodiesel co-product in diets for lactating sows (.pdf)
- Nutritional Effects on Fetal Imprinting in Swine (.pdf)
- Assessment of Energy Content of Low-Solubles Corn Distiller's, Dried Grains & its effects on growth performance (.pdf)
- Fat Hardness in Swine Products, Dietary Challenges and Opportunities (.pdf)
- Long-term feeding of distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) to sows (.pdf)
- Does frequent inclusion and removal of dietary DDGS affect pig performance? (.pdf)
- Effects of rapid introduction and removal of high and low digestibility corn distillers dried grains on pig performance (.pdf)
- Can additives improve flowability of DDGS in commercial systems? (.pdf)
- Influence of storage bin design and feed characteristics on flowability of pig diets (.pdf)
- Management and Feeding of Group-Housed Gestating Sows (.pdf)
- Interactive effects of distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) and housing system on sow performance and longevity (.pdf)
- More information on Dried Distillers Grains with Solubles (DDGS) can be found at the U of MN Biofuels Co-Products in Animal Feed page.