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Josef Kamphues
University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Germany
Introduction: It is well known that stomach barrier (acidity) acts against diverse pathogenic agents. This function is particularly influenced by particle size distribution in the diet. Diarrhoea causing E. coli is an agent of relevance in today’s pig production that can lead to weight gains up to high losses. An experimental study was conducted to evaluate the ability of a specific pathogenic E. coli to survive stomach passage, in vivo and in vitro...
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Introduction: Selenium (Se) is an essential microelement for pigs. In pigs, Se deficiency can lead to fatal, degenerative changes in various muscle groups, including heart muscle, compromised boar fertility and increased morbidity due to weakened immune status. Problems related to Se- deficiency seem to reemerge in feed efficient, fast-growing pigs in Norway. One aim of a large study was to assess the influence of different Se-sources on Se-levels in muscle in Norwegian...
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Animal Nutrition Conference of Canada 2024
May 14, 2024
Canada - Manitoba - Winnipeg
Introduction: Tropical native legumes are an alternative to cost-intensive conventional feedstuffs. However, the adverse climate in the tropics induces pest and diseases during storage, affecting the nutritional quality of the feedstuff. Ensiling can face this problem and moreover improve digestibility or reduce the content of anti-nutritional factors (ANF). This study inquired the effects of ensiling a mixture of soaked cowpea (CWP) and sorghum (SOR) grains on fermentation...
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Introduction: International price of swine feed ingredients such as corn and soybean meal has increased continually due to soaring oil price and increasing bio-fuel production. Palm kernel meal (PKM) can be one of alternative ingredients in swine feeds because of its extensive availability, adequate nutrients, comparable price and large amount of production. Therefore, this experiment was conducted to evaluate different levels of dietary PKM with ß-mannanase on growth...
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Joe Crenshaw
Joe Crenshaw and 2 more
Introduction: Spray dried plasma (SDP) is a specialty protein source used in pig diets due to its beneficial effects on post-weaning performance and survival. Processing of SDP produces a safe product; however, further evaluation of redundant safety steps may be investigated. The objectives were to determine the effect of commercially produced ultraviolet light (UV) treated liquid porcine plasma containing PEDV genome with a special UV system developed for turbid liquids...
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Elijah Kiarie
Poultry Health Research Network
Pressure on feed cost is and will remain a decisive factor for profitability and sustainability in pork and poultry production. In the backdrop of soaring inflation, other production costs have escalated. Corollary minimizing the costs associated with production has never been of greater importance. Arguably, feed formulation is a precise science that seek to compute combination of feedstuffs to meet the requirement of an animal at least/best cost. Traditionally, the two primary factors that...
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Butyric acid is a short-chain fatty acid (SCFA) that is produced naturally by fermentation of fiber in the lower gastrointestinal tract (GI). Butyric acid has known benefits such as providing energy to colonocytes, intestinal barrier function, apoptosis regulation, control cytokine production, mucus synthesis, and intestinal cell proliferation, differentiation and maturation. Exogenous supplementation of butyric acid was initially developed by making a salt derivative, with either sodium or...
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Manuel Juarez
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Canada is one of the largest pork and beef exporters in the world. The volume and value of Canadian meat exports have increased to ~$9 billion/year, and the export markets have expanded significantly from the traditional buyers. However, the meat export landscape has evolved during the last years, becoming more competitive, with major players trying to access the same import markets. Quality assurance and meat differentiation based on quality attributes contribute to meeting domestic and...
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Dr. Daniel Columbus
University Saskatchewan
Low protein diets have improved nitrogen (N) utilization, but dietary N for the endogenous synthesis of non-essential amino acids (NEAA) may be limiting. Inclusion of a non-protein nitrogen (NPN) may improve utilization of essential amino acids (EAA). A N-balance study was conducted, where 90 growing barrows were assigned to 1 of 10 dietary treatments. Diets contained no ammonium phosphate (NAP; EAA-N:TN of 0.56) or were supplemented with 1.7% ammonium phosphate (AP; EAA-N:TN of 0.50) with...
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Mike Tokach
Mike Tokach and 1 more
Kansas State University
Pharmacological levels of Zn in early nursery pig diets reduce the instance of post-weaning diarrhea and improve performance. However, there are growing concerns with pharmacological levels of Zn and much attention has been directed toward strategies to lower dietary Zn without negatively impacting performance. Diet acid-binding capacity-4 (ABC-4) could be an option to formulate low Zn diets. Dietary ABC-4 is the hydrochloric acid required to reach a pH of 4. The young pig has a limited...
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In Ho Kim
In Ho Kim and 1 more
Dankook University
Introduction: Previous studies have led to observations regarding the negative impact of non-starch polysaccharides in corn-soybean meal diets on nutrient digestibility. Therefore, steps are undertaken to positively influence nutrition in livestock by utilizing enzymes. This experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of ethyl-enzyme liquid energy (ELE) on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, meat quality traits and carcass grades of grower-finisher...
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In Ho Kim
In Ho Kim and 1 more
Dankook University
Introduction: Using antibiotics as growth promoters in animal feeds has been forbidden since 2011 in South Korea. Probiotic have received considerable attention as suitable alternatives of antibiotics to promote growth in the pig industry. Among several bacterial species used as probiotic, spore forming Bacillus spp. has been considered as the most appropriate probiotic as its spores can to resist harsh environments, thus enabling extensive storage at ambient temperature....
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Sow feeding and sow body condition management to improve performance
Todd Thurman (Swine Insights International) talks about gestation and lactation feed, the increased use of technology, and the importance of aligning nutrition and feeding strategies, in this Engormix interview....
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Markus Wiltafsky
Evonik Animal Nutrition
 Practical AMINONIR® Application: From sampling to economic benefits
Dr. Markus Wiltafsky-Martin (Evonik) talks about the impactful benefits of implementing AMINONIR®, revolutionizing nutritional analysis: Gain insights into its practical application, from sample collection to comprehensive reports, catering to diverse analytical requirements and ensuring precise, actionable data for informed decision-making. ...
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Markus Wiltafsky
Evonik Animal Nutrition
Reliable and accurate nutritional data of heat processed ingredients with AMINONIR® RED
"Listen to Dr. Markus Wiltafsky-Martin as he discusses the recent USA patent validating the scientific advancements of AMINONIR® RED and its unwavering accuracy in providing reliable nutritional data...
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Markus Wiltafsky
Evonik Animal Nutrition
Empowering the Livestock Feed Value Chain with  AMINONIR®
AMINONIR® delivers swift nutritional insights, aiding stakeholders in the livestock feed chain. Its rapid analysis ensures timely, informed decisions, optimizing efficiency and nutritional precision. Hear what Dr. Markus Wiltafsky-Martin from Evonik has to say about it...
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Markus Wiltafsky
Evonik Animal Nutrition
Near-Infrared Nutritional Analysis with AMINONIR
Dr. Markus Wiltafsky-Martin, Director of Service Commercialization at Evonik Animal Nutrition, explains what NIR is, how it operates, and demonstrates how AMINONIR® swiftly and accurately determines the nutritional quality of your feeds and raw materials – ensuring fast, reliable results of the highest quality. ...
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1 Introduction Vitamin A is an essential micronutrient that cannot be synthesized by non-ruminants and must be obtained through the diet. Although certain plant pigments called carotenoids may yield retinoids metabolically, only a small percentage of them can be converted into vitamin A precursors in mammals and birds (Surai et al., 2003; Combs and McClung, 2017). Due to practical considerations, the naturally occurring vitamin A and carotenoid levels in feed ingredients are not...
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John Patience
Iowa State University
Basic Role of Feed Formulation Feed formulation is a process by which our knowledge of the nutrition of the animal can be translated into feeding programs which achieve our production objectives. These objectives typically include optimizing growth performance and producing a final carcass that can be converted into safe, healthy and appealing consumer meat products. This must be done in a profitable manner that concurrently contributes to environmental sustainability and animal...
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Laura Greiner
Laura Greiner and 1 more
The pelleting process
Victoria Wilson (Seaboard Foods) explains the different steps of the pelleting process, during this Swine It interview with host Laura Greiner....
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