Useful Links

Search by Google

Webster's Dictionary

Unit conversions

2 Links to Power Test Calculations for Designing Experiments:

Researcher's Toolkit

Mike Galyean's Power Test Spreadsheet

Texas Tech and USDA-LIRU Links

• Texas Tech University

• Texas Tech University Faculty & Staff Directory

• Texas Tech University Payroll

• E-raider portal

• Texas Tech University Office of Research Services

• Texas Tech's Animal Science & Food Technology Department

• Texas Tech's library -- electronic database search

• Texas Tech University Animal Care and Use Committee

• Texas Tech University Web For Faculty

• USDA-LIRU/TTU/NPB pig database search

• USDA-Livestock Issues Research Unit 

TTU Classes

• Swine Production class (ANSC 4401)

• Anatomy

• Advanced Animal Physiology

• Topics in Farm Animal Environmental Physiology, Behavior, Stress, and Animal Welfare -- an on-line, multi-year collaborative series (ANSC 5318)

Organizations & Magazines

• American Society of Animal Science

• Federation of Animal Science Societies

• Farm Animal Care Training and Auditing, LLC (FACTA)

• National Pork Board

• National Pork Producers Council

• Agri-click

• Porknet

• The Meating place

• Pork magazine

• National Hog Farmer magazine

• Successful Farming magazine

• Agricultural Marketing Resource Center (Iowa State Univ)
  The Agricultural Marketing Resource Center (AgMRC) is a newly formed USDA sponsored center for value added agricultural groups. There is detailed information on many market niches, how to get started, business structure, and information on writing feasibility, marketing and business plans. 

Pig Welfare in the News

• Mark Kaufman story on sow housing

• The Pig Site summary of EU pig welfare regulations

Summaries & Reviews

• Summary of Sow Housing Welfare Situation

Faculty & Staff Web Pages

• John J. McGlone

• Sung Woo Kim

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