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Wednesday, October 16, 2019
South Korea to shoot dead infected African Swine Flu pigs coming from North Korea
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Tuesday, October 15, 2019
Antimicrobial removal on piglets promotes health and higher bacterial diversity in the nasal microbiota
The view on antimicrobials has dramatically changed due to the increased knowledge on the importance of microbiota composition in different body parts. Antimicrobials can no longer be considered only beneficial, but also potentially deleter ...
Tuesday, October 15, 2019
Precision delivery coated butyrate: tackling Salmonella in pigs while increasing performance
In the swine industry, Salmonella may be present during the entire production life cycle in pigs and disseminated in faeces for several weeks or months without signs of clinical diseases. When Salmonella is present in the gastro-intestinal ...
Monday, October 7, 2019
Rocked by ASF outbreak, China's farmers now want to raise bigger pigs
Stung by the African swine fever outbreak that had wiped out 25% of China's pork production, some Chinese farmers are now looking to breed bigger - if, not more - pigs, according to a Bloomberg report.
Wednesday, October 2, 2019
How to overcome post-weaning challenges in piglets? The solution lies in the gut
Monday morning. 9 a.m. Pig farmer Eric opens the newspaper and gets worried: Not only Europe, also Malaysia is preparing a law to ban the use of colistin in animals. Not only for prevention, but also for therapeutic use. Moreover, also ZnO ...
Wednesday, October 2, 2019
A sustainable approach through combination of anti-inflammatory patented plant extracts, POWERJET, on gut health and piglet performance at weaning
Feed transition, housing change, separation from mother and litter, physiological and immune variations are some of the great changes of weaning. Piglets are facing multi-factorial stresses in a short time. One of the most visible impacts o ...
Friday, September 27, 2019
CP in China plans to raise 10 million pigs a year by 2021
C.P. Pokphand Co, one of China's top five swine producers, is accelerating its business expansion, the company's chief executive told Reuters.
Thursday, September 26, 2019
Plant bioactives to reduce post-weaning diarrhoea in piglets
Piglets face multiple challenges from the early stages of their life, actually since birth, a shocking experience in terms of temperature and change of environmental conditions. Besides that, piglets are born without a functional intestinal ...
Wednesday, September 11, 2019
Coated calcium butyrate protects weaning pigs from diarrhea
Butyrate, a short chain fatty acid (C4), is produced by microbial fermentation in the large intestine of humans and animals. It serves not only as a primary nutrient that provides energy to colonocytes, but also as a cellular mediator regul ...
Tuesday, September 10, 2019
Cherkizovo opens up new pig farm in Russia's Penza region
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Monday, September 9, 2019
A specific phytogenic feed additive helps to improve animal welfare and health status of post-weaning piglets under farm conditions with increased diarrhea incidence
Phytogenic feed additives (PFA) are increasingly recognized for their potential to beneficially affect growth performance, nutrient digestibility and gut health in different livestock species, including piglets.
Monday, September 9, 2019
Nutritional strategies to overcome the challenge of ZnO reduction in post-weaning piglet diets
It is well documented that the weaning period is related to environmental and social changes which negatively impact the physiology, microbiology and immunology of piglets. Under commercial conditions the use of high doses of ZnO (2100 to 3 ...
Monday, September 9, 2019
Maintaining piglet growth and health without zinc oxide
Zinc is one of the most important nutrients for animal growth and health. It is the key component for numerous proteins, crucial enzymes and transcription factors. Throughout the world, pharmacological levels of zinc oxide are used in weani ...
Friday, August 30, 2019
China's Re-booted Poultry Sector, Version 2.0: Rising chickens, falling pigs and new eating trends
African Swine Fever is re-launching China's once vibrant poultry sector –and radically restructuring the eating habits of a traditionally red meat eating nation.
Tuesday, August 27, 2019
Pig deaths in Philippines not linked to African swine fever, agriculture official says
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