Conference Proceedings Index

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2009: Tools of the Trade

Complete Proceedings

Individual Articles

Managing Highly Prolific Sows - Guy-Pierre Martineau and Brigitte Badouard
Fine Tuning Nursery Management to Optimize Production Costs - Peter Wilcock
Pork Production Versus Consumer Demands - Mario Lapierre
Lowering Feed Costs - Kevin Stickney
Benchmarking and Tools to Maximize Profit - Greg Bilbrey
The USDA’s National Animal Health Monitoring System - Charles Haley
Zoonotic Diseases from Pigs - Zvonimir Poljak

Break Out Sessions

Sow Feeding Management during Lactation - Michel Vignola
Nursery Improvement – Practical Tips - Peter Wilcock
Benchmarking and Feed Budgeting - Jeff Robinson
Effective Ventilation - Harry Huffman
Effective Ventilation - Tom Sangster
Hormonal Control of Pig Reproduction - Glen Cassar
Practical Management of the Transition to Batch Farrowing - Dennis Aarts
Improving Energy Use Efficiency - Reducing and Refining the Use of Energy Inputs on Farm - Ron MacDonald
Improving Energy Use Efficiency - Robert Chambers
Hog Price Reporting in Canada - Ken McEwan
Reducing Feed Costs in Grower-Finisher Barns - Greg Simpson
Reducing Grower-Finisher Feed Costs - Kevin Stickney
Alternative Value Chains: Jones Feed Mills Case Study - Mario Lapierre
Willowgrove Hill – An Ontario Success Story - Paul Hill
Designing Field Trials to Compare Vaccines or Antibiotics - Cate Dewey
Cost Benefit of Vaccines and Medication - Nickels and Dimes? - Greg Wideman

2008: Facing the New Reality

Complete Proceedings

Individual Articles

An Industry in Change - Ben Woolley
Is There an 'Optimum' Production System? - Michael Brumm
Balancing Sow and Piglet Welfare with Production Efficiency - Sandra Edwards
New Opportunities for Reproductive Management - William Flowers
Impacts on Further Growth of the North American Pork Industry - John Lawrence
MISSION 2050 - Research and Industry Infrastructure in the Year 2050 - Vern Osborne
Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus (PRRSV): The Disease that Keeps Bugging Us - Jeff Zimmerman
Control of Salmonella in the Pork Production Chain - Julie Funk

Break Out Sessions

Livestock Border Closure Contingency Plan - Deborah Stark
Preparing for a Border Closure - Clare Schlegel
Border Closure: Effects on the Ontario Feed Industry - Dan Ganesh
Managing Pig Flow - Considerations as a Buyer of Weaned Pigs - Michael Brumm
Optimum Pig Flows - Ben Woolley
Insurance Based Risk Management for Swine Facilities - Randy Drysdale
Risk Management for Farms - Paul Wigood
Using Dried Distillers Grains with Solubles (DDGS) in Swine Diets - Malachy Young
Canadian Experience with Feeding DDGS - Phil McEwen
Canadian Experience with Feeding DDGS - Andrew Pharazyn
Fire Disaster Recovery: Producer and Veterinary Perspectives - Paul Morris
Pulling the Pin on Disease - Sue Burlatschenko
On-Farm Animal Welfare Audits - Sandra Edwards
Developing the Animal Care Assessment - Catherine Scovil
Optimum Solutions for Grower-Finisher Pigs - Neil Ferguson
Nutrition Solutions for Grower-Finisher Pigs - Bruno Marty
Alternative Sources of Energy - On-Farm Options - Steve Clarke
Challenges in the Anaerobic Digestion of Hog Manure - Marcel Stadelmann, Benjamin Strehler, Cigdem Eskicioglu, and Kevin Kennedy
Applying Reproductive Technologies in Practice - William Flowers
Quality Control of Extended Boar Semen - Mario Baracaldo and Jim Ward

2007: Today's Challenges... Tomorrow's Opportunities

Complete Proceedings

Individual Articles

Competitiveness in the Canadian Pork Segment: A Reassessment - Kevin Grier
New Tools to Manage Variability throughout the Pork Production Chain - Mike Tokach
Principles of Health Management - François Cardinal
Forgotten Diseases - Bob Friendship
New Tools to Make Genetic Progress - Jack Dekkers
Feeding the Pigs' Immune System and Alternatives to Antibiotics - Hans Stein
Nutritional Management of the Gilt for Lifetime Productivity: Feeding for Fitness or Fatness? - Pinder Gill

Break Out Sessions

Alternative Feed Ingredients for Pigs - Hans Stein and Kees de Lange
Alternative Energy Sources: Biogas Production - Harold House
Alternative Energy Sources: A Hog Producer's Perspective of On-Farm Anaerobic Digesters - Gilbert Vanden Heuvel
Alternative Energy Sources: What We Learned from European Technology and a Practical Look at Possible Ontario On-Farm Applications - Martin Van Raay
On-Farm Health Management - François Cardinal
Best Management Practices Used in the Control of PRRS - George Charbonneau
Key Measures of Performance in the Growing-Finishing Barn for Informed Decision Making - Mike Tokach
Managing and Monitoring the Finishing Barn: Six Things Not to Do - Mark Yungblut
Benchmarking... Show Me the Money! - Ken McEwan
Benchmarking... Show Me the Money! - Bev Hill
Managing Reproduction: Critical Control Points in Exceeding 30 Pigs Per Sow Per Year - Pinder Gill
Managing Reproduction: Fact and Folklore - Doug Wey
Management Practices that Optimize Productivity in the Nursery: Case Studies on What Works! - Cameron Farrell and Cathy Templeton
Recruiting and Training Employees - Carole Gumprich
Recruiting and Training Employees - Aime Tamba
On-Farm Feed Inspections - John Secord
On-Farm Medication Use: Challenges and Opportunities - John Rheaume

2006: Thinking Globally, Acting Locally

Complete Proceedings

Individual Articles

The Global Picture: Forces that Impact on Swine Production - Knud Buhl
Making Progress through Research - Kees de Lange
Different Approaches to Handling PRRS - Monte McCaw
Different Approaches to Handling Circovirus - John Harding
Pork Production Around the World - Challenges & Opportunities: Canada - Clare Schlegel
Pork Production Around the World - Challenges & Opportunities: North Carolina - Monte McCaw
Pork Production Around the World - Challenges & Opportunities: the World - John Gadd

Break Out Sessions

New thoughts on Nutrition of Newly Weaned Pigs - John Pluske
New thoughts on Nutrition of Newly Weaned Pigs - Bob Goodband
Hitting the Target on your Grid - John Otten & John Bancroft
Gestation Stalls - a practical look at on-farm alternatives - John Gadd
Gestation Stalls - a practical look at on-farm alternatives - James Osborne
New Approaches to Weaner Room Management - John Harding
New Approaches to Weaner Room Management - John Pluske
What Producers can do to improve Meat Quality - Bob Goodband
What Producers can do to improve Meat Quality - Andy Robinson
How to Hire and Keep Employees - Ken McEwan
How to Hire and Keep Employees - Rob McDougall
Reproductive Innovations - Roy Kirkwood
Reproductive Innovations - Mark Wilson
Managing PRRS in a sow population - Monte McCaw
Managing PRRS in a sow population - Cate Dewey
On-Farm Experiences with Liquid Feeding - Kees de Lange
On-Farm Experiences with Liquid Feeding - Leroy Van Ryswyck
Energy Conservation - Ron MacDonald, Harry Huffman