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Immune Health

Thursday, June 1, 2017
Inorganic and organic trace mineral supplementation in weanling pig diets
A study was conducted to evaluate the effects of dietary inorganic and organic trace minerals in two levels of supplementation regarding performance, diarrhea occurrence, hematological parameters, fecal mineral excretion and mineral retenti ...
Thursday, May 25, 2017
Trace minerals and livestock: not too much not too little
The new approaches of the animal production systems make managing the mineral nutrition a challenge. Versus the excessive, trace mineral supply in intensively managed livestock, well above the physiological requirements, is the no trace min ...
Thursday, May 25, 2017
Proper nutrition fundamental for strengthening sow offspring
Sows have been bred to increase litter size and milk production, as well as improve other productivity traits. With such successful selection, litter size has increased and, in general, piglet birth weight has decreased. Low birth weight pi ...
Wednesday, March 22, 2017
Mycotoxins in poultry - Prevention is key!
Mycotoxins pose a serious threat to the health and production levels in poultry farming. According to the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization), approximately 25% of the crops worldwide are affected. Most common mycotoxins toxic to poultr ...
Thursday, February 9, 2017
Better gut health prevents antibiotic resistance
As 70% of the immune system capacity of the birds is concentrated around or inside the gut, it is therefore easily understood that a good intestinal integrity will have a positive impact on the bird's immune status, reducing the need fo ...
Thursday, December 22, 2016
Chicken gga-miR-19a targets ZMYND11 and plays an important role in host defence against Mycoplasma gallisepticum (HS Strain) infection
Mycoplasma gallisepticum (MG), one of the most pathogenic Mycoplasmas, can cause chronic respiratory disease (CRD) in chickens. It has been suggested that micro-ribonucleic acids (miRNAs) are involved in microbial pathogenesis. However, lit ...
Tuesday, December 13, 2016
A white spot syndrome virus microRNA promotes the virus infection by targeting the host STAT
JAK/STAT pathway plays an important role in invertebrates during virus infection. However the microRNA (miRNA)-mediated regulation of JAK/STAT is not intensively investigated. Viral miRNAs, encoded by virus genome, have emerged as important ...
Thursday, December 8, 2016
Consequences of poor pelleting and feed processing - poor immunity and health
The poultry industries have undergone remarkable change and growth over the last 30-year, such that today we see 2.5-kg male broilers at 35 d of age, and white-egg layers are capable of producing in excess of 330 eggs in 52 week of lay. The ...
Tuesday, November 29, 2016
M-prove Poultry, a new solution to optimise profit in broilers
Reaching the genetic growth potential in a cost effective way is everybody's concern, therefore low disease pressure and optimal digestion are of utmost importance. With a good management, biosecurity, feed formulation and the right add ...
Monday, November 28, 2016
Probiotics in larvae and juvenile whiteleg shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei
In penaeid shrimps, Vibrio spp. is the main cause of bacterial diseases, such as V. parahaemolyticus, V. alginolyticus, V. harveyi (Garriques and Arevalo, 1995) and V. penaeicida (Aguirre-Guzmán and Ascencio-Valle, 2001). Possible mode ...
Wednesday, November 9, 2016
DSM: Improving antibiotic-free poultry meat production
The production of antibiotic-free (ABF) poultry is now a common trend worldwide, since growth promotant antibiotics (GPA) have been banned by some governments and because many consumers are increasingly avoiding food products that contain a ...
Wednesday, November 9, 2016
DSM: Gut health - Opportunities and challenges
Optimal gastrointestinal health and functionality is essential for sustainable animal production. Effective functionality (digestion and absorption of feed) and immune status of the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) are important factors in dete ...
Wednesday, November 9, 2016
Vencomatic Group: How to reduce antibiotics in broiler production?
There is an increased awareness on the need for the sensible use of antibiotics in poultry and livestock production. When looking at broiler production, the use of antibiotics has traditionally been, and today still is, the highest in the f ...
Monday, November 7, 2016
Merial's VAXXITEK HVT+IBD for poultry
Significant economic losses are attributed to immunosuppression in the poultry industry worldwide. Exposure to stressors in the poultry production environment, along with infectious diseases (viral or bacterial) that impair immunity, contri ...
Monday, November 7, 2016
MSD Animal Health: Poultry health in an antibiotic-free (ABF) production environment
A new generation of consumers is changing the way that poultry meat has been produced for decades. Especially in developed countries, the increasing demand for healthier food products and lifestyle is leading to a bigger and faster market g ...
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