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Tuesday, December 28, 2021
French slaughter union proposes surcharge to cover cost of castrating piglets under anesthesia
Culture Viande, the union of French slaughter and cutting companies, proposed that slaughterhouses pay farmers a surcharge of €0.02/kg to cover the cost of castration of piglets under anesthesia.
Friday, December 24, 2021
A combination of yeast beta-glucan and milk hydrolysate is a suitable alternative to zinc oxide in the race to alleviate post-weaning diarrhoea in piglets
Zinc oxide (ZnO) is currently used as a dietary supplement to support gut homeostasis during the standard 'abrupt' weaning practices in commercial pig production. However, a replacement is urgently required as a ban on ZnO usage is ...
Monday, December 13, 2021
Towards zero zinc oxide: Feeding strategies to manage post-weaning diarrhoea in piglets
Zinc oxide (ZnO) at pharmacological doses is extensively employed in the pig industry as an effective tool to manage post-weaning diarrhea (PWD), a condition that causes huge economic losses because of its impact on the most pivotal phase o ...
Tuesday, December 7, 2021
Legazpi City, Philippines supplies free piglets to raisers to rebuild hog numbers
The City Veterinary Office (CVO) in Legazpi City, the Philippines, recently distributed free imported piglets to pre-identified raisers to rapidly propagate hogs and help the industry recover from the slump brought by the African swine feve ...
Friday, August 27, 2021
Using nutritional strategies to shape the gastro-intestinal tracks of suckling and weaned piglets
This is a comprehensive review on the use of nutritional strategies to shape the functioning of the gastro-intestinal tract in suckling and weaned piglets. The progressive development of a piglet's gut and the associated microbiota and ...
Thursday, August 26, 2021
Synergistic technologies improve health, performance and productivity of piglets
Improving welfare and reducing stress at the farm can lead to higher product quality, less losses and ultimately higher productivity. This article introduces new strategies to reduce stress while improving performance of piglets. The author ...
Thursday, August 26, 2021
Effects of dietary probiotic, liquid feed and nutritional concentration on the growth performance, nutrient digestibility and fecal score of weaning piglets
Gastrointestinal disturbances immediately post weaning can cause heavy economic loss in the pig industry. The weaning transition is a complex period during which the piglets have to cope with abrupt separation from their mothers and adapt t ...
Friday, July 2, 2021
Potassium diformate (FORMI) and 3rd generation acidifiers in antibiotic-free feeding - impacts in sows and piglets
With costs of pig production under increasing pressure, the nutrition of young pigs is of increasing interest, as this period is critical to the subsequent performance of the animals through to market. Optimising growth rate and feed effici ...
Thursday, June 24, 2021
Mycotoxins transmission from sows to piglets
The presence of mycotoxins in food and feed is practically unavoidable due to their ubiquitous presence and stability. As swine is considered a very sensitive specie to mycotoxicosis; the dietary exposure to mycotoxins has adverse effects o ...
Wednesday, June 2, 2021
Effects of a diformate-monolaurate agglomerate in the lactation diet of sows on the performance of suckling piglets
It is widely agreed that establishing and maintaining good gut health is an effective strategy against intestinal pathogens and is the cornerstone to competitive animal production. In the past, this strategy was only made possible through t ...
Tuesday, May 4, 2021
Cargill-InnovaFeed deal aims to feed 20 million piglets with insect oil
Cargill and French biotech firm InnovaFeed will aim to feed 20 million piglets with insect oil by 2026 as part of a wider alternative protein deal, both companies announced.
Friday, March 5, 2021
African swine fever detected among piglets in Yunnan, China
China's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs has confirmed an African swine fever (ASF) outbreak among piglets illegally transported through Funing country, Yunnan province, Reuters reported.
Monday, February 8, 2021
Effects of creep feed provision on behaviour and performance of piglets around weaning
Creep feed provision may ease weaning, hence we determined the impact of providing fibrous creep feed before weaning and adding this feed to the post-weaning diet on piglet behavior and performance. Pre-weaning, litters with on average 12 p ...
Monday, January 18, 2021
Spain's import of Dutch piglets increases while those from Germany fall
Spain's import of piglets from the Netherlands has grown by +17% while imports of German piglets have dropped.
Friday, January 15, 2021
What is the impact of diet on nutritional diarrhoea associated with gut microbiota in weaning piglets: A system review
Weaning is sudden and stressful and one of the most challenging periods in a pig's life. Newly weaned pigs are usually stressed by nutritional, psychological, environmental, physiological, and social factors. Because of such stressors, ...
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