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Heat stress is one of the major challenges facing modern swine production. Rising temperatures associated with climate change are increasingly exposing animals to conditions that exceed their adaptive capacity, negatively affecting growth, feed efficiency, reproductive performance, and farm profitability.
How consistent sampling, structured data analysis, and industry collaboration improve the interpretation of gut health markers.
Pigs are often exposed to pathogens and stressors in commercial production conditions.
Heat stress is one of the most consistent challenges in modern swine production. While it is often associated with peak summer temperatures, its effects begin earlier and can continue well beyond periods of obvious heat.
In modern egg production, profitability does not depend solely on the number of eggs produced. Parameters linked to egg quality, both from a physical and nutritional point of view, are becoming increasingly relevant. The weight of the egg, the quality of the albumen, the colour of the yolk or the content of fatty acids and vitamins are today attributes of great interest to the industry and to an increasingly demanding consumer.
Across the poultry industry, litter management is not a single-factor problem, but a systems challenge that intersects bird health, worker safety, environmental compliance, and economic performance.
Gut health challenge is one of the major factors affecting production performance and profitability in the Asian poultry industry.
At AB Vista, we are dedicated to helping our customers achieve accurate, reliable, and consistent enzyme recovery results. Our proprietary methods - adopted by customer laboratories worldwide - include ELISA-based assays (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay � a biochemical technique used to detect and quantify specific proteins) for our phytase Quantum� Blue and xylanase Econase� XT, along with wet chemistry techniques for other enzymes in our portfolio.
Trouw Nutrition 2025 Global Mycotoxin Review deploys robust model to identify threats to manage in 2026 feed formulation and livestock production.
Mycotoxins remain one of the most persistent and complex challenges facing global livestock and feed production. Produced by naturally occurring molds, these toxic compounds can contaminate crops before harvest, during storage or throughout feed manufacturing, often without obvious visual signs.
Invisible yet pervasive, mycotoxins remain one of the most significant -and often underestimated - challenges in modern livestock production. Historically, industry attention has centred on a limited number of well-known toxins, such as aflatoxins and zearalenone. Today, however, the reality is far more complex.
The chicken gut contains a diverse population of bacteria, viruses, fungi, and protozoa, known as the gut microbiota. The major development of this community starts fromhatching onward, as birds come into contact with the farm environment, people, andfeed. Pathogenic and commensal bacteria that are harmful to humans can establishthemselves in early life, so steps to avoid exposure to these must be in place.
In modern poultry production, success and profitability are closely linked to both physiological and welfare parameters. Environmental and nutritional inputs influence physiological mechanisms, ultimately affecting live performance and slaughter outcomes.
Yeast cell wall extract (YCWE) has been shown to effectively mitigate the impacts of mycotoxins on animal health and performance. Recent meta-analyses highlight its role in improving productivity, sustainability and profitability across both poultry and pig production systems.
Knowledge is power when it comes to effectively managing the dynamic challenge that mycotoxins pose to the productivity of even the best-run livestock operations. Since they are both invisible and odorless, the task of detecting these unwanted toxic compounds relies upon a range of specialist detection methods, each possessing its own strengths and weaknesses when it comes to deploying it in a mycotoxin control program.
In the fast-evolving world of swine production, ensuring the health and performance of livestock is paramount. As producers strive to optimize growth rates, feed conversion ratios (FCR), and overall herd health, the integration of innovative nutritional solutions is essential. One potential solution is the use of plant-derived isoquinoline alkaloids (IQs) which are recognized for their positive impact on gut integrity, thanks to their antiinflammatory properties.
In modern livestock farming, a robust biosecurity program is crucial for ensuring healthy animals and safe food production. Feed safety is a vital component of biosecurity management. Feed and feed ingredients have been identified as key transmission vehicles for pathogens such as Salmonella spp.
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 age were allotted by body weight (BW) group (low versus medium BW) to two treatment groups (Control or SDP) with 50 piglets equally balanced by sex in each pen.
Disease pressure on poultry flocks is mounting from all sides, with re-emerging diseases like E. cecorum, existing ones like E. coli becoming more of a commercial issue, and food safety adding greater scrutiny on potential zoonotic pathogens like Salmonella sp. While in the past coccidiosis and clostridia control were the chief concerns, these additional issues increase the need to treat with antibiotics.
African swine fever virus (ASFv) can cause high mortality in domestic swine and affects global trade of pork with severe economic consequences for producers, affiliated industries, and communities involved in pork production. Swine producers in endemic regions afflicted by ASF continue to search for strategies to protect their swine herd from getting or having a recurrence of ASF.
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