Pigs at risk of growth retardation or poor survival pose a significant management challenge and can cause economic losses for pig producers. Early identification of risk factors associated with survival and growth performance during the initial stages of…

Identifying factors that influence a sow’s lifetime productivity is difficult and time-consuming as you must wait for the female to transition completely through the swine breeding herd to gain accurate and complete production information. You must also…

This study investigated the effects of feeding timothy forage to pair-housed Holstein calves on their growth performance. Thirty-two pairs of Holstein heifer calves were randomly assigned to a control group or a treatment group at pairing. The timothy hay…