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Tuesday, September 17, 2024
Five piglets with pre-existing conditions die days after ASF vaccination in the Philippines
The Philippines' Department of Agriculture (DA) reported that five piglets with pre-existing conditions died after receiving a dose of the African swine fever (ASF) vaccine, ABS-CBN reported.
Thursday, July 25, 2024
Use of Spray Dried Blood Plasma for Recovery of Low Viability Piglets in Nursery
The study objective was to evaluate if spray dried blood plasma (SDP) supplementation on commercial feed aids growth recovery of low viability weaned piglets during the nursery phase. Two hundred low viability piglets weaned at 21 days of a ...
Friday, June 28, 2024
Use of Spray Dried Blood Plasma for Recovery of Low Viability Piglets in Nursery
The study objective was to evaluate if spray dried blood plasma (SDP) supplementation on commercial feed aids growth recovery of low viability weaned piglets during the nursery phase. Two hundred low viability piglets weaned at 21 days of a ...
Monday, June 10, 2024
Portugal's export of piglets for finishing, pigs for slaughter up by 19.5% in Q1 2024
Portugal's pig exports, specifically, piglets for finishing and pigs for slaughter, increased by 19.5% in the first quarter of 2024 compared to the same period last year, going from 146,624 head in 2023 to 175,140 head in 2024 (+28,516 head ...
Wednesday, March 6, 2024
Thailand seeks to cut pig production to average of 8,000 piglets daily
Thailand's pig population is in need of a reduction — and on that note, the country's Internal Trade Department plans to work with the Department of Livestock Development (DLD) as well as the Swine Raisers Association of Thailand to l ...
Monday, August 28, 2023
AB Vista: Stimbiotics supplementation enhances growth performance in weaned piglets
Feeding a stimbiotic increases feed intake and daily weight gain in weaned pigs, in addition to enhancing immunity and plasma IGF-1 levels and favorably modulating gut microbial community, according to a recent trial conducted at the Instit ...
Tuesday, May 16, 2023
Belgium updates process for permitting castration of male piglets
Belgium's Official Gazette has recently stated that the surgical castration of male piglets up to seven days old is now permitted by the manager of the pig farm, provided that a written agreement has been drawn up with the company veterinar ...
Thursday, March 16, 2023
IFF launches new animal nutrition solution for piglets
Danisco Animal Nutrition & Health, a business unit of IFF, has launched Axtra PRIME, an optimised enzyme blend created to address significant challenges in piglet production, IFF reported.
Tuesday, August 16, 2022
Effects of dietary probiotic, liquid feed and nutritional concentration on the growth performance, nutrient digestibility and faecal score of weaning piglets
This study was conducted to investigate the effects of dietary probiotic blend and liquid feed program at different nutritional densities on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, fecal score of weaning piglets.
Tuesday, August 2, 2022
Using nutritional strategies to shape the gastrointestinal tracts of suckling and weaned piglets
Throughout the world, piglet mortality and morbidity in large litters are a major welfare concern and source of economic losses. Gastro-intestinal problems rank amongst the highest causes of morbidity, mortality and antimicrobial use.
Monday, June 6, 2022
More than 4,000 pigs and piglets dead in Mizoram, India, due to ASF
4,189 pigs and piglets have died in an outbreak of the African swine fever (ASF) since its recurrence in Mizoram, India, from early March, state animal husbandry and veterinary department officials said on June 5.
Monday, February 21, 2022
Spain's import of piglets from Netherlands increases 22% in 2021
Spain imported a total of 1,552,851 piglets from the Netherlands last year, according to data from Dutch statistics service RVO.
Friday, January 21, 2022
Hot melt extruded-based nano zinc as an alternative to the pharmacological dose of ZnO in weanling piglets
This study was conducted to investigate the effects of hot-melt extruded ZnO nano-particles (HME-ZnO) as an alternative for P-ZnO on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, Zn bioavailability, intestinal microbiota, and intestinal morph ...
Thursday, January 6, 2022
Effect of zinc source and level on growth performance and zinc status of weaned piglets
Diarrhea is common in weaned piglets. Feed supplementation with Zn is one strategy for preventing such disturbances. A total ban on the use of therapeutic doses of Zn will be introduced from June, 2022 in the European Union; hence, the eval ...
Thursday, December 30, 2021
Zinc phosphate-based nanoparticles as alternatives to zinc oxide in diet of weaned piglets
The high doses of zinc oxide (ZnO) administered orally to piglets for the prevention of diarrhea and increase of growth rate can contaminate pig farms and the surrounding environment. Therefore, there is a need to find a replacement of high ...

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