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Swine research
A research trial was
conducted on vaccination for
rhinitis,, which showed a
good response to use of the
vaccine. Sows are vac
cinated three weeks before
farrowing. Animals are
submitted regularly for
slaughter inspection to
determine any turbinate
damage. No obvious signs of
rhinitis have been seen in the
pigs.
Another study compared
two iron injections in pigs on
the third and 17th day as
compared to one oral ap
plication.
“We found that not all
There are smiles all
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uniformly consume the oral
iron,” Dr. Pearl said.
The naval cords are
sprayed with iodine at three
days, along with clipping
needle teeth and tails.
Waiting until the third day
helps to reduce stress on the
small pigs, according to Dr.
Pearl.
Worming is also still done
despite the confinement.
For breeding, the farm
uses a module crate and pen
system - five crates to a
boar pen. Between each sow
module is one for gilts.
“We’ve found that one of
the problems of confinement
is getting the gilts
stimulated to come into
heat,” Dr. Pearl said.
“Anything that can be done,
such as putting the gilts
between the sows and
around as Agway sales study group discusses ethanol still
farm.
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will help. Even rotating the
gilts around the breeding
area is helpful - anything to
shake them up.”
Guts that don’t come into
heat their first time are
cuUed.
Sow reproductive records
show 727 animals with 10.9
pigs farrowed per litter,
birth weight of 2.96 lbs., 79.1
percent weaning rate and
weaned weight of 12.23 lbs.
“We wean at three
weeks,” according to Dr.
Pearl, “and find less com
petition among the younger
pigs. One area of future
research will be a feeding
prpgram concentrating on
that first week of weaning
when the pig is going from
liquid to solid food.”
Another research trial is
trying the substitution of
sunflower meal for a portion
of the soybean meal foi
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Two new boars, in foreground, just purchased for breeding sti
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Three different treatments
include substituting a
quarter, half and three
quarters of the meal.
“We’re early in these
tests, but it appears that the
sunflower meal has some
effect on helping to control
scours,” Dr. Pearl said.
“It appears to be better
digested by the small pigs.”
Some tests have also been
conducted on the feeding of
high fat diets. There appears
to be a six to seven percent
improvement in the
utilization of feed with the
high fat, but the cost per
pound of gam is mcreased.
The research farm also
has a small operating still,
making 100-proof ethanol
from corn. Two diesel
tractors on the farm have
been converted for its use.
Stillage, with only some of
the water drained away, is
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being fed to one group of percent reduction in the
feeder cattle. Their per- protein supplement nor
formance will be compared mallyfed.
to a control group, also on a And, it was dry in Illinois
com silage ration. Ten this year, too. Normally, the
pounds of the stillage is farm yields 185 busels of
being fed per day. com, but this year it dropped
Thus far, use of the stillage to 106. Average for the state
is permitting about a 25 is about 80 bushels this year.
Broiler placements up
HARRISBURG percent above a year earlier.
Placements of broiler chicks Placements in the 21 key
in the Commonwealth during poultry producing - states
the week ending October 11 were 71,263,000, three per
were 2,164,000, according to cent below the previous
the Pennsylvania Crop week and two percent below
Reporting Service. the same week a year ago.
The placements were 14 Broiler-fryers slaughtered
percent above the in Pennsylvania under
corresponding week a year federal inspection during the
earlier, but three percent week ending October 1
below the previous week, totaled 1,813,000, with an
Average placements during average liveweight of 4.02
the past mne weeks were ten pounds.
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Box 337, Oxford, PA 19363
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