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Health and productivity - 'Disease control is king' 28 Apr 2008
'Disease control is king' and 'Pigs are precious' were two of the remarks
made by John Dean, professor at Minnesota State University at a recent
conference in Rovereto, N. Italy. Analysis of the major components of production
profitability variation were the CDL group (culls, deads and lightweights) which
accounted for 55%, followed by feed conversion efficiency (FCE) at 28% and
finally average daily (ADG) gain, 17%.
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