Swine - Production Management

Sow Production

• Batch Farrowing Alternatives
• Gilt Performance
• Group Housing of Dry Sows - A Report from the IGN
• Management of Sows in Loose Housing Systems (Order No. 11-029) (pdf version)

• Pre-Weaning Mortality
• How to Manage Difficult Farrowings (Purdue University)
• Sow/Gilt Anatomy and Physiology (Purdue University)

Genetics

• Swine Genetics Handbook (National Swine Improvement Federation)
• U.S. Pig Gene Mapping Coordination Program (Iowa State University)

• Centre for Genetic Improvement of Livestock

National Swine Improvement Federation (NSIF) - Publications (Purdue University)

Implementation of Terminal Crossbreeding Systems (Purdue University)

Breeds of Swine

• Breeds of Livestock - Swine (Oklahoma State University)

Reproduction

• A Guide to Basic Boar Semen Collection, Evaluation, and Processing Procedures (Purdue University)
• Artificial Insemination in Swine (University of Pennsylvania)
• Artificial Insemination in Swine: Breeding the Female (University of Missouri-Columbia)
• Boar Anatomy and Physiology (Purdue University)
• How to Manage Difficult Farrowings (Purdue University)
• Sow/Gilt Anatomy and Physiology (Purdue University)

Grower Finisher

• Consider All Your Costs When Contract Finishing

Production Systems

• An Overview of Organic Pork Production (Order No. 07-027)
• Batch Farrowing Alternatives
• Benchmarking
• Carcass Comparison Calculator - Estimate the Cost of Producing Fat
• Changing Production Requirements
• Energy Costs
• Hog Target Weight Calculator (Order No. 11-031) PDF- 449 KB

• Benchmarking Works
• Pig Farming in Ontario (Ontario Farm Animal Council)
• Pork Per Tonne of Feed - A Measure of Efficiency

 

Labour Management

• Farming Operations to Come Under the Occupational Health and Safety Act
• Job Satisfaction
• Keeping Your Employees
• Management Skills
• Ontario Farm Safety Association

Welfare

• Behavourial Considerations in Animal Transport and Design
• Deadstock
• Increased Welfare Leads to Increased Productivity
• OMAFRA Farm Animal Welfare Index Page
• On Farm Euthansia of Swine
• Shipping Information for Sows, Boars and Off-sorts
• Toys for Pigs

Other Good Information Sources-these websites are academic based and provide proceedings on a variety of swine production topics

• London Swine Conference
• Banff Pork Seminar
• Centralia Swine Research
• Prairie swine research centre
• U of G - Ontario Veterinary College
• Ridgetown College - University of Guelph
• NPPC-National Pork Producers Council
• Ag Canada
• United States Department of Agriculture

Land Grant Colleges

• Cornell University
• Kansas State University
• University of Minnesota
• Iowa State University
• University of Vermont
• Michigan State University
• Rutgers University
• Pennsylvania State University
• University of Vermont
• University of Missouri
• University of Wisconsin