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Dean Boyd

R. Dean Boyd PhD is director of technology for The Hanor Company, which controls production from about 100 000 sows in the USA and is a partner in new American pork processor Triumph Foods.
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Split-herd feeding helps the senior sow

Litter size has been improved at a large American production company by applying different feeding strategies for young and mature sows so that the supply of micro-nutrients is equalised across parities.
March 26, 2008
Dean Boyd
Litter size has been improved by applying different feeding strategies for young and mature sows so that the supply of micro-nutrients is equalised across parities.
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Sow mineral supplies decline with age

Unless feeding in pregnancy is adjusted according to age, a widening gap will appear between the sow's intake of micro-nutrients and her increasing requirements for body maintenance and reproduction.
March 26, 2008
Dean Boyd
Unless feeding in pregnancy is adjusted according to age, a widening gap will appear between the sow's intake of micro-nutrients and her increasing requirements for body maintenance and reproduction.
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