Insights On Production
PETERSBURG, IL Nearly
ISO hog producers representing
approximately 400,000 hogs
received insights for fine-tuning
production efficiencies at the Dli
nois Summer Swine Seminar
recently held in Petersburg, IL.
Each producer had been invited
by one of nine attending swine
veterinarians. The seminar was
sponsored by Smith Kline Animal
Health Products and coordinated
by Jon Knapp, major account
coordinator for the firm. Moderat
ing the seminar was Dr. Joe Con
nor, a Carthage, IL, swine consul
tant and past president of the
American Association of Swine
Practitioners (AASP).
Featured speakers consisted of
swine experts Gary D. Dial,
DVM, Ph.D., University of Min
nesota; Tim Loula, DVM, Nicol
let, Minn.; Richard D. Hedde,
Ph.D., Smith Kline Animal Health
Products; Leßoy G. Biehl, DVM,
MS, University of Illinois; and
Darrell Dunteman, CPA, Lewis
town, 111.
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ing production efficiency dis
cussed was selection of a growth
promotant for maximum results.
Growth promotants increase the
availability of feed nutrients to
pigs by controlling the activity of
gut bacteria. Hedde reported on
the effectiveness of five growth
promotants commonly used as
feed additives: Virginiamycin,
Tylosin, Flavormycin, Bacitracin
and Chlortetracycline.
Virginiamycin recently proved
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growth and feed efficiency
enhancement in a study conducted
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Hedde also reviewed the history
of porcine somatotropin in world
wide pork production. He con
cluded, “Somatotropin is a natural
product (of the pig’s metabolic
system) that will enhance the pro
ductive efficiency of pig produc
tion as well as to produce a more
healthful pork product.”
Dial made well received pre
sentations on the aspects of repro-
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ductive performance and facility
use: how to optimize sow and
facility 'utilization; factors
influencing the reproductive per
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and heeding and gestation facili
ties -- matching biology and facili
ty design.
Loula emphasized management
essentials for reducing prewean
ing mortality: Highly motivated
people, well planned and cared for
facilities, genetics, and tender Ipv
ing care for the herd.
Biehl moved the discussion to
the grower-finisher stage of pro
duction. He says, ‘The perfor
mance of the grower-finisher pigs
often determines the profit margin
in the swine unit.”
When a production problem
occurs here, he encourages pro
ducers to thoroughly examine
their herd’s genetics, nutrition,
environment, health-disease sta
tus, management and relationships
among these factors.
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available for calculating produc
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Tested Boar Sale
(Continued from Pag* D 2)
Boar Index of 136 and sold for
$725. The remaining two Berk
shires in this pen brought $550
and $450.
Carl Rabenold of Kutztown
offered a pen of two Hampshires,
the pen index being 124, the aver
age sale price $4BB. The boars had
average daily gains of 2.18 and
2.31 pounds, back fat measure
ments of .59 and .76, and percen
tage of lean cuts, 64 and 60. The
boars sold for $550 and $425.
A pen of two Spotted boars
from K. Ketterer of Newville fin
ished with an index of 111 and an
average sale price of $4BB. The
high boar in the pen had a daily
gain of 1.88 pounds, back fat of
.59, and a 6.2 loin eye area. This
boar brought $6OO. The second
boar brought $375, finishing with
a boar index of 103.
A Yorkshire consigned by Bill
Work of Smock, sold for $4OO.
The boar gained 2.06 pounds per
day, had 61% of lean cuts, and fin
ished with an index of 90.
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daily gains of 2.06 and 2.05
pounds, back fat measurements of
.49 and .52, loin eye areas of 4.7
and 5.7, and final indices of 127
and 124.
A Hampshire consigned by C.
& C. Bomgardner of Annville
with a daily gain of 1.73 pounds,
165 days to 230 pounds, and a
final index of 103 brought $3OO.
A total of 30 boars averaged
$475; with 10 Durocs averaging
$5BB, three Berkshires averaging
$575, two Spotted averaging
$4BB, five Hampshires averaging
$4OO, one Landrace bringing
$4OO, and 13 Yorkshires averag
ing $395.
The sale was sponsored by the
Pennsylvania Department of Agri
culture in Cooperation with the
Penn State University and the
Pennsylvania Pork Producers
Council. The Sale Committee
consisted of: Vem Hazlett, Ken
neth Kephart, Leon Arnold, Ken
Ketterer, Carl Rabenold, Bill
Work, Reno Thomas, and John
Zimmerman. The auctioneer was
Harry Bachman.