June 12, 2005
- Arrive and check-in at hotel
- Opening dinner at hotel
- Overview of UI and College of ACES
- Overview of Department of Animal Sciences and Illinois Animal
Agriculture
June 13, 2005
1. Basic Concepts of Growth
- Biological variation-friend or foe
- Uterine development
- Gene expression
- Gene expression in-utero
- Postnatal gene expression and growth
2. Growth concepts and development
- Classical growth and development theory
- Compensatory growth
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2. Growth concepts and development (cont’d)
- Practical growth concepts: Developing growth curves/Measuring
growth
- Antimicrobial use issues and the future of growth promotion
- Impact of immune system on growth variation
- Growth promoters/carcass modifiers
3. Reproduction
- Reproduction-maximizing sow productivity
4. Genetics
- Current perspectives on Applied Swine Genetics
- Molecular genetics
5. Swine Health and Disease Prevention
- Managing health programs to enhance total productivity
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6. Housing I: Facility Design and Pig Behavior
- Fundamentals of environmental physiology
- The porcine social environment
- Building to create a uniform growth environment
7. Housing II: Managing the Environment
- Creating a feed environment to enhance maximum feed consumption
- Managing and monitoring the environment
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8. Pork Quality/Food Safety
- HACCP at the farm – overview
- Development of on-farm HACCP
- Fresh meat quality –definition and measurement
- Conversion of muscle to meat
- Quality Measurements – Pre-slaughter handling and pork
quality; Post-harvest factors and pork quality
Evening Session
- Developments in US and Illinois swine production
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9. Nutrition and Feeding
- Basic concepts of protein and
- amino-acid metabolism-implications for requirements
- Impacts of feed ingredient selection on growth
- Sow nutrition
- Suckling pig and weanling pig nutrition
- Overview of grow-finish nutrition-management to optimize
efficiency
- Tropical swine production – issues affecting
performance
Evening Session
- ASPTC participants will discuss HACCP
programs:
- Gestation period
- Farrow-nursery period
- Grow-finish period
- Feed mixing and manufacturing
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10. Business Management
- Adjustments for survival under open-trade
economies
- Business management: critical points of information
to enhance total production efficiency
- Integrated systems management
- Global perspectives on the future of pork production
- Roundtable discussion
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