Best of Leman 2024: Annette O’Connor – Debunking environmental fallacies with a living systematic review

This is our most popular series on the blog. Once a month, we are sharing with you a presentation given at the Allen D. Leman swine conference, on topics that the swine group found interesting, innovative or that lead to great discussions.

You can find all of the presentations selected from previous conferences on the blog here.

This presentation was given by Annette O’Connor of Michigan State University during the 2024 Allen D. Leman Swine Conference, recorded September 23, 2024.

Environmental Impact of the Hungarian Swine Sector during the PRRS Eradication Program with Full Herd Replacement (2014–2022) Focusing on the proactive veterinary medicine and vets’ decisions’ environmental consequences

This is our Friday rubric: every week a new Science Page from the Bob Morrison’s Swine Health Monitoring Project. The previous editions of the science page are available on our website.

László Búza, István Szabó, Jr., László Gombos, László Varga, Veronika Szűr-Gombos István Szabó share their key findings from Hungaria’s PRRS eradication program impact on the environment.

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The role of feed in sustainable pork production: How feeding programs affect environmental impacts of pork production – Part 1

This is our Friday rubric: every week a new Science Page from the Bob Morrison’s Swine Health Monitoring Project. The previous editions of the science page are available on our website.

This and next week’s science pages are brought us by researchers in the University of Minnesota’s Department of Animal Science: Zhaohui Yang, Pedro Urriola, Lee Johnston, and Gerald Shurson.

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