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Swine Health Information Center Invites Input for 2024 Plan of Work

The Swine Health Information Center is inviting input from all pork sector stakeholders as it completes the development of its 2024 plan of work.
Each year the Swine Health Information Center creates a new strategic plan and sets budgets for the coming year.
SHIC Executive Director Dr. Paul Sundberg says the Plan of Work helps guide activities across five strategic areas, including improving swine health information, monitoring and mitigating risks to swine health, responding to emerging disease, surveillance and discovery of emerging disease, and swine disease matrices.

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Iron in Piglets Diets: Practical Approaches for Health and Growth - Dr. Young Dal Jang

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The Swine it Podcast Show, Dr. Young Dal Jang from the University of Georgia explores iron nutrition in piglets and its impact on health and growth. He explains why iron is crucial for development, the risks associated with deficiency, and how various injection strategies impact performance. You’ll learn practical insights on iron requirements, retention, timing, and supplementation. Listen now on all major platforms!

"Iron is required for hemoglobin synthesis, myoglobin synthesis, and antioxidant enzyme activity in pigs."