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Tuesday, March 23, 2021
Novus research explains impact of dietary supplementation with aromatic compound on piglet health
The next issue of Livestock Science, a peer-reviewed journal, will feature new research from Novus International, Inc.
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, February 1, 2021
German organisations recommend US$4.85 surcharge per animal for castrated piglet
Germany's Lower Saxony Chamber of Agriculture (LWK) and the Livestock and Meat Producers' Association (VEZG) have recommended a surcharge of at least €4 (US$4.85) per castrated male piglet.
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, ...
Monday, October 12, 2020
China discovers African swine fever in illegally transported piglets to Chongqing
China's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said it had detected African swine fever (ASF) among piglets illegally shipped to Chongqing city, the first ASF outbreak since July 25, Reuters reported.
Friday, September 25, 2020
Effects of spray-dried animal plasma on the growth performance of weaned piglets - A review
Spray-dried animal plasma sourced from bovine, porcine or other animal origin is often used as a main feed ingredient in the diets of weanling piglets to improve growth performance. The objective of this study was to determine the effect of ...
Friday, September 25, 2020
Spray-dried porcine plasma added to diets contaminated with aflatoxins and fumonisins show beneficial effects to piglet health
This study was aimed to analyze the effects of spray-dried porcine plasma (SDPP) on the health of post weaning piglets challenged with diets contaminated with aflatoxins and fumonisins. Fifty-six male piglets (7.15 ± 0.61 kg) were allocated ...
Tuesday, September 22, 2020
Breeding piglet prices in Germany drop following African swine fever discovery
German swine traders said breeding (weaner) piglet prices in the country have dropped sharply in the last few weeks following confirmed African swine fever (ASF) cases in Brandenburg state, Reuters reported.
Monday, September 14, 2020
Effects of tributyrin supplementation on growth performance, insulin, blood metabolites and gut microbiota in weaned piglets
In animal farming, alternatives to antibiotics are required due to the increase of antimicrobial resistance. In this contest, tributyrin showed the ability to promote gut health, to modulate gut microbiota and to improve protein digestibili ...
Wednesday, September 2, 2020
Prolific sow and suckling piglet nutrition
Over the last few decades, litter sizes and the number of weaned piglets per sow per year (PSY) have been improved considerably, especially driven by improved sow's prolificity via selection. With an increase of 0.2 piglets/year over th ...
Thursday, July 23, 2020
Support the piglet's gut and avoid diarrhoea
A healthy and well-functioning gut is essential for a good piglet performance. Since 70-80% of the immune cells are located in the gut, a healthy gut, means a healthy piglet (Furness et al., 1999). Supporting the intestinal health of the pi ...
Tuesday, June 16, 2020
WEDA's Nutrix system supports optimal piglet feeding
WEDA Dammann & Westerkamp has developed the Nutrix piglet feeding system to support the optimal feeding of piglets.
Friday, May 1, 2020
Pork shortage from ASF helped China avoid killing piglets
Due to the overall shortage in the Chinese market from last year's ASF, Chinese pork producers did not need to euthanise baby pigs to avoid excessive supply amid falling demand in the current COVID-19 crisis, industry analysts told Sputnik.

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