Pigs & Poultry
Broiler Farming in the Next Decade
0 Broiler Farming in the Next Decade Teagasc’s first poultry Knowledge Transfer event will take place on Monday, 10th October in Teagasc Ballyhaise College, Co. Cavan and on Tuesday, 11th October in Teagasc Moorepark Food Research Centre, Co. Cork. 10th October – Cavan | 11th October – Cork Exhibitors! If you wish to have a stand at either […]
6 October 2022
Research Update – SowWeanWel
Research Update – SowWeanWel Martyna Lagoda, PhD student working on the SOWWEANWEL project, gives us an update on her research looking at the effects of chronic stress during pregnancy on sow welfare, reproductive performance, & on the resilience of offspring to stress. SowWeanWel Research Update (PDF) Background Suboptimal housing and management pose many […]
23 September 2022
New research to understand piglets without even touching them
New research to understand piglets without even touching them On the latest podcast episode of Farmland, Agriland’s Stella Meehan, is joined by Teagasc’s Head of Pig Development, Edgar Manzanilla, to find out about a new research project that by studying milk, faeces and saliva, can gain a better understanding of piglets without […]
16 September 2022
Look but don’t touch pig development
0 Look but don’t touch pig development By studying milk, faeces and saliva, researchers at Teagasc, the University of Leon and the University of Murcia are gaining a better understanding of piglets – without even touching them. This article featured in the TResearch Autumn 2022 Magazine. Read more here Piglets suffer stress with […]
2 September 2022
PDD Research Using Shotgun Analysis with ZnO and antibiotics in pigs
PDD Research Using Shotgun Analysis with ZnO and antibiotics in pigs Postweaning diarrhea (PWD) is a relevant problem associated with early weaning on pig farms. In-feed antibiotics and therapeutic zinc oxide(ZnO), widely used to prevent PWD in piglets is now being banned by the EU. The Teagasc Pig Dept and colleagues published […]
26 August 2022
Pig Research Update – PigNutriStrat project
Pig Research Update – PigNutriStrat project In this research update Keely Halpin, PhD student at Teagasc Pig Development Department, writes about the PigNutriStrat project which investigates novel management strategies to reduce antimicrobial reliance and antimicrobial resistance on Irish pig farms. This project is a collaboration between Teagasc, South East Technological University and […]
19 August 2022
Maternal supplementation with Bacillus altitudinis spores improves porcine offspring growth performance and carcass weight
Maternal supplementation with Bacillus altitudinis spores improves porcine offspring growth performance and carcass weight Researchers at Teagasc Pig Development Department & Waterford Institute of Technology recently published the results of a study. The study evaluated the effect of feeding Bacillus altitudinis spores to sows and/or offspring on growth and health indicators. The […]
12 August 2022
Meet the Poultry farmer – Belview Eggs
0 Meet the Poultry farmer – Belview Eggs Dermot Herlihy began egg production in 1978 with 5,000 hens expanding to 3 Enriched Colony Systems by 2010. In 2020, Belview established their free-range unit at Carrickbaggot, Co. Louth. Find out the Signpost farm measures undertaken in Energy Efficiency, Carbon Footprint and Manure Management Belview […]
8 August 2022
Freedom to Move: Free Lactation Pens Improve Sow Welfare
0 Freedom to Move: Free Lactation Pens Improve Sow Welfare Orla Kinane and Dr. Keelin O’Driscoll from Teagasc Pig Development Department, along with Dr. Fidelma Butler from University College Cork have recently published ‘Freedom to Move: Free Lactation Pens Improve Sow Welfare’. You can find the details of this interesting study here on […]
5 August 2022
Teagasc Pig Research Update – assessing dietary efficiencies
Teagasc Pig Research Update – assessing dietary efficiencies Jordi Camp Montoro, Teagasc PhD student, with David Solà Oriol, Ramon Muns, Josep Gasa, Núria Llanes & Edgar Garcia Manzanilla recently published a research paper: ‘Blood and faecal biomarkers to assess dietary energy, protein and amino acid efficiency of utilization by growing and finishing […]
22 July 2022