Published March 1914. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
Published May 1898. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
People purchase feeder pigs to raise for home use, market, or as a 4-H or FFA project for summer fairs. By following a few key recommendations, you can keep your pigs healthy and
gaining weight. This publication briefly discusses housing, feeding, and health.
Published January 1894. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
A series of four animal experiments utilizing 129 pigs
and associated laboratory studies was conducted to study the causes
of the lowered performance on high barley rations fed to swine. Previous
work at this Station has shown barley to have a value of 80-85
percent of corn for swine, and...
A frozen concentrate (>10⁹ cfu/ml) of a human strain of Lactobacillus
lactis (strain MLC) was fed to swine. Bottle feeding resulted
in reduced fecal coliform counts and incidence of scouring in nursing
pigs. In one group of pigs treated 54 days, the Lactobacillus to coliform
ratio was 1280:1; in the...