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		<title>Guide to Proper Feeding of Hog/Swine</title>
		<link>http://www.mixph.com/2009/11/guide-to-proper-feeding-of-hogswine.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:38:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cost of feed represents the highest cost in pig production. About 70 to 80 percent of the total cost of production is spent on feeds if pure commercial feeds are used. Commercial feeds are used to produce good quality fatteners at the shortest possible time. Thus, close attention on proper feeding should be observed, particularly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hog Raising Tips: Stress Management</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 02:49:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tail-biting, ear-biting, belly rubbing are considered behavioral vices when pigs are confined in one pen.   Constant outbreaks of these vices reduce growth performance of the pigs.   Oftentimes, the predisposing factors are: poor ventilation; improper nutrition; overcrowding; and boredom.   Thus, it is necessary to give close attention to the environment, stocking rate, feed and water space, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Raising Cattles in Backyard</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 04:48:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cow-Calf Operation
Cows and bulls are raised to produce calves in this type of operation. Calves are then raised until they are weaned from their dams at seven to eight months of age. After weaning, they can be sold immediately, or raised for a few more months for use as replacement stocks or sold for fattening.
The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Managing Heat Stress in Cattles</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 02:25:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most of the dairy cattle which provide the commercial milk supply in Asia are imported breeds such as Jersey and Holstein. They originated in temperate countries, and their optimum temperature range is 5-23°C. Temperatures in Asian countries are often much higher than this. In tropical countries,  temperatures are generally in the thirties, and for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cattle Raising, Production, UMBB Technology &#8211; II</title>
		<link>http://www.mixph.com/2009/09/cattle-raising-production-and-umbb-technology-ii.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.mixph.com/2009/09/cattle-raising-production-and-umbb-technology-ii.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 06:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is highly impractical if not economical to raise pure breed goats, unless the main purpose is to sell breeders. The preferred method will be to upgrade local native or grade does with pure bucks. Crossbreeds usually perform better than pure ones under local conditions. Infusion of two or more bloodlines into the native doe [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cattle Raising, Production, UMBB Technology &#8211; I</title>
		<link>http://www.mixph.com/2009/09/cattle-raising-production-and-umbb-technology-i.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.mixph.com/2009/09/cattle-raising-production-and-umbb-technology-i.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 06:31:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Beef has come to seem a hazardous substance. If years of warnings about the dangers of saturated fat and heart disease weren&#8217;t enough, Eric Schlosser&#8217;s book Fast Food Nation (2001) &#8212; with its graphic and disturbing picture of the inhumane working conditions of meatpackers and the contamination from criminally rushed slaughtering and processing &#8212; made [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Swine/Hog Raising Business Guide</title>
		<link>http://www.mixph.com/2009/09/swinehog-raising-business-guide.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 02:38:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hog raising is a very popular enterprise in the Philippines such that there is a proliferation of backyard producers, which dominates the swine industry and a healthy viable commercial sector.
Despite the crises facing the swine industry, still many people are venturing in this enterprise. This manual hopes to bring appropriate technology to the interested farmers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Broiler Poultry Production Guide</title>
		<link>http://www.mixph.com/2009/09/broiler-poultry-production-guide.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 03:21:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chicken broiler and egg production are the most progressive animal enterprises in the Philippines today. The poultry industry in fact began as the backyard enterprise but has shifted to the formation of very large integrated contract farming operations.
The growth of poultry industry in the Philippines has been impressive but its problems include inefficient management and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Duck Raising for Egg and Meat Production &#8211; II</title>
		<link>http://www.mixph.com/2009/08/duck-raising-for-egg-and-meat-production-ii.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.mixph.com/2009/08/duck-raising-for-egg-and-meat-production-ii.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 03:26:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mating
Breeders must be selected at age eight weeks and again at age 4 to 5 months before they are placed in breeding pens. Vigorous breeding stock should be selected. To ensure better fertility, hatchability, and livability of offspring, eggs for breeding purposes must come from ducks of at least age seven months. Drakes should have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Duck Raising for Egg and Meat Production &#8211; I</title>
		<link>http://www.mixph.com/2009/08/duck-raising-for-egg-and-meat-production-i.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.mixph.com/2009/08/duck-raising-for-egg-and-meat-production-i.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 03:36:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Duck production is one of the most profitable livestock industries in the Philippines mainly because of its egg which can be marketed through different channels. Duck eggs, both in fresh and preserved forms, are sold and consumed daily throughout the country. Duck meat is also gaining ground in the market today.
Duck production in Asia accounts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Poultry Management During Hot Weather</title>
		<link>http://www.mixph.com/2009/07/poultry-management-during-hot-weather.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.mixph.com/2009/07/poultry-management-during-hot-weather.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 06:31:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leo</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mixph.com/?p=4630</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hot weather can have a severe impact on poultry performance. Production efficiency can be affected long before the temperature reaches a level at which survival becomes a concern.  Heat stress begins when the ambient temperature climbs above 80°F and is readily apparent above 85°F. When a bird begins to pant, physiological changes have already started [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guide to Backyard Cattle Raising and Fattening</title>
		<link>http://www.mixph.com/2009/07/guide-to-backyard-cattle-raising-and-fattening.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.mixph.com/2009/07/guide-to-backyard-cattle-raising-and-fattening.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 12:29:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cattle fattening has gained prominence as an important business project of the livestock industry in the Philippines. It gives the farmer year-round work and provides him with extra income. He can make use of cheap, plentiful farm by-products such as corn stovers, rice straw, copra meal, rice bran and sugarcane tops, which ordinarily go to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quail Raising and Tips</title>
		<link>http://www.mixph.com/2009/06/quail-raising-and-tips.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.mixph.com/2009/06/quail-raising-and-tips.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:41:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The quail, locally known as pugo, is a small game bird found in temperate and tropical regions throughout the world. Quails by some distinction are classified as &#8220;game-hunting&#8221; birds and as such, quails should not be compared with chicken, whose requirements are different.
The true or Old World quail is a migratory bird that can be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Small-Scale Chicken Processing</title>
		<link>http://www.mixph.com/2009/05/small-scale-chicken-processing.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.mixph.com/2009/05/small-scale-chicken-processing.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 23:59:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A growing number of small producers are raising poultry outdoors on pasture, processing the birds on-farm, and selling the meat directly to customers at the farm or at a farmers’ market.
Access to processing is a critical issue for small producers. Consolidation in the meat processing industry has left very few small plants that will do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Feasibility Study on Poultry Egg Production Business</title>
		<link>http://www.mixph.com/2009/05/feasibility-study-on-poultry-egg-production.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.mixph.com/2009/05/feasibility-study-on-poultry-egg-production.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 03:12:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leo</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mixph.com/?p=3892</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This feasibility study (The Egg Module) is a replicable business model that details the establishment and operation of a poultry egg production business. This plan has been created by volunteer experts specifically for villages in the least developed parts of the world. By empowering villages with the knowledge of how to produce eggs they will [...]]]></description>
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