Updates

July 29 - Research and Development Proposals - close tomorrow
All researchers are reminded that the closing date for the next round of R&D project proposals is COB Friday, July 30. If the project is not established in iMap by this date, it cannot be considered at the August meeting of the Pork CRC’s R&D Committee. If you require a project to be setup, please contact the Pork CRC’s Project Manager, who will assist you in the process.

July 29 - Diabetic test to help Pork Producers
A simple glucose meter, or glucometer, commonly used by diabetics to measure blood glucose levels, is set to help Australian pork producers more efficiently feed their pigs.
Supported by Australia's Pork Cooperative Research Centre (CRC), Dr Peter Sopade of the University of Queensland has developed a simple, robust, efficient technique, using a glucometer, that measures the amount of glucose and therefore digested starch, produced by digestive enzymes.
It was one of the key outcomes of the Pork Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) project,
1B-107 - Processing Methods for Improving the Utilisation of Cereal Grains by Pigs.

Latest Research - Benefits of fish oil dietary supplementation to multiparous sows - Project report and Summary
One of the major causes of high sow turnover is due to low reproductive performance and reproductive failure. In project 2F-102, it was shown that by supplementing the diet fed during lactation and post-weaning with long-chain omega 3 fatty acids from fish oil, embryo survival and litter size post-implantation was significantly increased in mature sow parities. The current project 2F-109 showed that the subsequent litter size was significantly increased in those sows fed the fish oil supplemented diets through lactation, post-weaning and early pregnancy compared to sows fed unsupplemented diets. Diets fed either during lactation and post-weaning, or during early pregnancy alone produced intermediate results. The response was more pronounced in older parity sows (weaned parity 4-7). There were no effects of supplementation on the resumption of oestrus and sow retention to re-mating, and the farrowing rate was similar between treatments (83.1%). 
Feeding diets supplemented with fish oil is a strategy that could improve declining productivity from the ageing sow herd.

Breaking Industry News
Just a reminder that the Breaking Industry newsfeed is available on this page, and is updated on a daily basis to provide you with links to news of the Pork industry from around the world


Latest Newsletter - Pork CRC Specials Autumn 2010
Making HEADLINES in this issue:
- From the Top Shelf by Dr Roger Campbell, Pork CRC CEO
- EXPOnential Potential
- Program  Two Progress
- Diary Dates 2010
- Hunger Growing For Feed Grains 
- Students Get Their Just Rewards
- Premier Nutrition Seminar

Communications
Annual Report 2008/09

Pork CRC Research Summaries
Pork CRC Research Reports

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