Disseminating research findings through factsheets in the area of Swine production in the US and UK outlets.

National Hog Farmer (NHF) is a swine magazine that publishes in the United States with a main focus to American swine farmers as the major audience. Its main aim is to provide professional pork producers with news, research findings and timely production information needed to keep the modern US pork production industry globally competitive and profitable. Mr Malanda a staff from the Department of Animal Sciences Egerton University and an Msc student at University of Debrecen, Hungary published a fact sheet in the NHF magazine showcasing the vulnerability of various sow parities in relation to culling types in swine herds of Midwest US. Follow this link https://www.nationalhogfarmer.com/animal-health/relationship-between-sow-culling-types-and-parity-trends to read the full fact sheet in the NHF magazine.
Additionally, his other fact sheet was also published in the Pig Site magazine that publishes in England, UK well known as the pig information hub. Swine production management is highly focused on right decision making and introduction of gilts in a breeding herd requires informed decisions to be made. Deciding whether to breed a gilt on first or second observed estrus after boar exposure has profound effects on its lifetime herd productive performance. Follow this link https://thepigsite.com/articles/effect-of-first-versus-second-oestrus-insemination-on-gilt-lifetime-productivity to read the full fact sheet in the Pig Site magazine.