Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives

Preface: Welcome to the 2007 Swine Seminar

Day 1 Sow/Boar Day

• Economic Assessment of Manure Phosphorus Regulations for Manitoba's Pig Industry
• Employee Motivation and Professional Development
• Evaluation of Lactation Length Influences on Growing Pig Performance and Total System Profit
• Manitoba: Foreign Worker Destination
• PMWS Quebec Situation: Examples and Efforts to Control
• Recruitment and Retention: Survival Strategies in a Hot Job Market
• Redefining Mineral Supplementation for the Modern Sow

• An Overview of the Animal Care Assessment Tool
• Brazilian Pig Production Industry: How This Industry Will Continue to Grow and Become More Important  in the
  Global Pork Production Market
• Competitiveness in Canadian Hog Production: A Reassessment
• Current Status of Porcine Circovirus Diseases (PCVD) in Western Canada
• Economics of Feeding DDGS to Swine
• Environmental and Genetic Determinants of Lung Dysfunction in Swine Producers
• Latest Developments in Alternative Feedstuffs for Pigs
• Recent Developments in Genetic Improvement of Pigs