Pig Industry Technical Articles
Article published the December 16, 2011:
Escherichia coli (E. coli) are an important cause of disease in new-born and recently weaned piglets. In new-born piglets, severe watery diarrhoea can be caused by enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC) producing F4 (K...
Article published the October 21, 2011:
ABSTRACT
This experiment was conducted to determine three levels of lysine with three levels of methionine on growth performance of finishing pig. Treatment diets were calculated for 3 levels of lysine (0.780,...
Article published the September 20, 2011:
Summary
Management of the sow herd has direct and indirect effects on the performance of their progeny and consequently, on herd feed conversion (HFC). Reducing sow replacement rate has a small ...
Article published the August 1, 2011:
1Livestock Industries Innovation, Department of Agriculture and Food, South Perth, WA 6151, Australia; 2School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia
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Article published the July 29, 2011:
SUMMARYCrude glycerin is a by-product of the biodiesel production, which has been shown to be a good energy source for swine. There is variability in the energy available from crude glycerin, which is...
Article published the July 14, 2011:
Introduction
Longevity of a breeding female is influenced by a wide variety of factors, one of which is the nutritional management of the female throughout her productive life. In modern pork production, the f...
Article published the July 14, 2011:
Water and air! Today´s producers must keep these in mind as often as they do pigs, sows and profit margins. Society has become concerned about phosphorus and nitrogen in surface waters and groundwaters. G...
Article published the July 12, 2011:
Newborn piglets have very limited ability to digest feed. The sow compensates for this by producing milk, a readily digested diet supplying almost all the nutritional requirements of her offspring, and offering...
Article published the June 21, 2011:
ABSTRACT
Diet formulation and feeding strategies may be used to boost the pigs´ immune system and reduce the negative impact of weaning. Post-weaning diarrhea can be reduced or prevented by feeding diet...
Article published the June 15, 2011:
Introduction
It is now accepted that weaning simultaneously subjects piglets to nutritional (e.g. loss of sow´s milk), psychological (e.g. mixing and moving) and environmental (e.g. change in ambient tem...