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You are contacted by the manager of a sow farm who reports that he is seeing “pigs born with diarrhea”. He has recently gone through an accelerated rollover to correct a parity distribution problem in the herd. As a result, there are disproportionately more P1 litters than typical.   Preventive measures you recommend will include:

The finishing production manager for one of your swine clients is concerned because he has recently observed an increase in the number of pigs that are pale, “bleached-out”, and that have black, tarry feces. He wants to know how he can prevent this problem in the future. Your advice is to: 

What breeds of chickens were crossed to establish the modern laying hen lines that produce white table eggs?  

A broiler farm frequently breaks with coccidiosis. Which of the following is most likely at the bottom of the issue?

You open up a few birds (necropsy) from a flock of adult chickens with increased mortality in Alabama and observe lesions indicative of septicemia. You think:  

Your spouse’s best friend, Ms. Sue U. Soon, has a child who is involved in the show pig circuit with a 5-month old female pig. During the show season, you are attending a birthday party for one of the children in that family. The family friend asks you to take a quick look at the show pigs “as long as you are here anyway”. The pig appears generally healthy, but is slightly off-feed and has a mild-to-moderate greenish colored diarrhea. The child who shows the pig has just started with an explosive diarrhea. She wants to know what is affecting the pig and does it have anything to do with the diarrhea in the child. You tell her that:

Total milk production during lactation in sows is influenced by many factors, including those listed below.  Of those, which would you expect to have the greatest influence?

60. According to the “Last Word: Employment after the Great Recession,” between December 2007 and                     December 2009, the number of jobs held by this age group increased by 4.2%

Society’s understanding of the best ways to produce goods and services

44. Unemployment that occurs because job seekers and employers need time to find each other