Pig Industry Technical Articles
Article published the March 31, 2011:
Antibiotic Associated Diarrhoea (AAD) is diarrhoea caused by antibiotic (ATB) supplementation and usually occurring during or following ATB treatment. This phenomenon is highly spread in hospitals or health car...
Article published the March 28, 2011:
Feedback from the usage of Levucell SB (LSB) in sow diets is rich of visible signs of success during the lactation period and around farrowing. However, these results are usually obtained after feeding LSB thro...
Article published the March 28, 2011:
In pigs, energy derived from the diet is digested in the small intestine through enzymatic hydrolysis or fermented in the large intestine by micro-organisms. In growing animals, hindgut fermentation accounts fo...
Article published the March 28, 2011:
In his presentation, first of all Jean Le Dividich referred to the piglet´s characteristics after birth:
- It is born with a very low energy reserve: very thin (1 to 2% of adipose tissue, without "brown"...
Article published the March 28, 2011:
Immunological reminders
- Primary: this covers the first 4 to 8 weeks of life, or the phase in which immunity is stimulated by contact with the bacterial diversity of the gastrointestinal tract - Secondary: ac...
Article published the February 28, 2011:
Manure Management, Odor and Diseases Control Livestock Producers are going through much criticism for creating pollution and diseases problems. In the mean time farmers having production problems (costly manure...
Article published the February 21, 2011:
INTRODUCTIONAnimals live surrounded by microorganisms (e.g., bacteria, viruses, parasites, etc.) and other antigens (e.g., allergens) that can activate the immune system, which is constantly challenged and must...
Article published the February 14, 2011:
ABSTRACTThe high cost of feed ingredients, the use of non-renewable sources of phosphate and the dramatic increase in the environmental load resulting from the excessive land application of manure are major cha...
Article published the February 2, 2011:
INTRODUCTIONSows are under nutritionally catabolic status during late gestation and lactation especially due to limited protein intake and increased needs for protein to support the growth of fetal tissue...
Article published the September 27, 2010:
Introduction Neonatal and pre-weaning mortality represents a very large wastage and loss of efficiency for most production farming businesses. Irrespective of the production system(intensive or extensive) the l...