The high level zinc oxide ban (I) High-level zinc oxide usage in post-weaning piglets is under scrutiny in the European Union. What management...
Immunity – some further thoughts At various moments, our pig management expert has touched on the topic of immunity and how proper pig house...
Continue what you are doing – just a little bit better While visiting many farms over the years, John Gadd has collected enormous piles of data about pig farms. Small...
Asking a supplier the right questions As in every industry, manufacturers from all kinds of products will try to convince pig producers to buy their...
Colostrum (III): Immunity’s A to Z The third in the series of columns by John Gadd on colostrum. In this column John looks at immunity.
Colostrum (II): The immunogens Following on from his previous colostrum column, Pig Progress's expert, John Gadd explains more about hand...
Colostrum (I): Hand management Pig Progress's expert, John Gadd, takes a look at colostrum. There are many that would think there is little...
Light (IV): Measuring Textbooks hardly cover light at all, according to our resident expert on 'Pig management', John Gadd, therefore...
5 reasons why weaning age will come down What is the ideal weaning age for pigs? Over the years expert columnist John Gadd observed that thinking about...
Light (III): 4 proofs that correct levels are vital In his penultimate piece about light, Pig Progress' resident expert on 'Pig Management', John Gadd gathers 4...
Light (II): How much and for how long? Pig Progress' resident expert on 'Pig Management', John Gadd, takes the subject of light 1 step further in this...
Light (I): Seasonal infertility This is the first of 4 pieces on light by pig farm advisor, John Gadd. In this article Gadd looks at the correct...
New technical terms (III): Genomics This concludes John Gadd's series on how the textbooks describe the main new technical subjects. Genomics is a...
New technical terms (II): Nutraceuticals In his previous article John Gadd discussed epigenetics, the first of several new or newish concepts appearing...
New technical terms (I): Epigenetics Epigenetics, what does it mean? Columnist John Gadd explains in his latest column what it is. Even after years...
Keeping disease out of the farm (III) I touched on this subject in part II, earlier this year, but I felt that it was so important that a complete...
Dealing with PED virus (III) In the two previous episodes on this subject, I touched on the resemblance of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea (PED)...
Dealing with PED virus (II) Standard Operating Procedures, as published in the United Kingdom, are guideline documents that can help...
OPINION: Big litters and pre-weaning mortality Many people think that there is a relationship between big litters and pre-weaning mortality, and some salve...
Dealing with PED virus (I) Much has been written about Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea (PED) virus, this traumatic disease. In these notes John...