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New insights into phytogenics
Phytogenic concepts in piglets - benefits of a proven approachPhytogenics represent a promising category of naturally-derived growth promoters originating from herbs and...
Author: Tobias Steiner, PhD - BIOMIN GmbH
Publication date: 07/25/2008    Rating:    Views: 1300

Growth Performance of Growing Pigs Fed Crude Protein-Adequate or Deficient, Low Phosphorus Diets with Graded Levels Of Phytase
Nitrogen and phosphorus are the nutrients that are potential environmental pollutants when excessive quantities are applied to soils (Jongbloed and Lenis, 1998). These nutrients are excreted as a consequence of...
Author: O. Adeola and J. S. Sands, Department of Animal Sciences - Swine Research Report, Purdue Unive...
Publication date: 07/17/2008    Rating:    Views: 663

Can we feed mycotoxin contaminated feed to pigs?
Deoxynivalenol (DON) is a mycotoxin produced by fungi which may contaminate cereal grains, including barley and wheat. The contamination is especially problematic when wet, warm conditions prevail during the gr...
Author: A.D. Beaulieu, J.F. Patience and D. Gillis - Prairie Swine Centre Inc. (Saskatoon, Canada)
Publication date: 07/02/2008    Rating:    Views: 1084

Effects Of Varying Creep Feeding Duration On Proportion Of Pigs Consuming Creep Feed And Pre-Weaning Performance
A total of 54 sows (PIC Line 1050) and their litters were used in this study to determine the effects of varying durations of creep feeding on the rate of pigs consuming creep feed (eaters) and pre-weaning perf...
Author: R. C. Sulabo, M. D. Tokach, E. J. Wiedemann, J. Y. Jacela, J. L. Nelssen, S. S. Dritz, J. M. D...
Publication date: 05/26/2008    Rating:    Views: 720

Triticale Grain in Swine Diets
Triticale is a grain developed by crossing durum wheat with rye in order to combine the grain quality, productivity, and disease resistance of wheat with the vigor, hardiness, and high lysine content of rye. Tr...
Author: R.O. Myer and R.D. Barnett - Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida
Publication date: 04/15/2008    Rating:    Views: 599

Guidelines for feeding mycotoxin-infected corn to swine
The optimum solution is to buy clean grain for swine and feed the contaminated grain to cattle. Feeder cattle should be able to safely consume levels five to 10 times higher than swine. If contaminated corn mus...
Author: Janice Murphy - Swine Nutritionist/OMAFRA (Government of Ontario, Ministry of Agriculture, Foo...
Publication date: 04/08/2008    Rating:    Views: 1121

Peat Moss for Piglets at Weaning
Weaning is one of the most stressful times in a pig’s life. Not only does it mean big changes in social, thermal and physical environment, but it also means a huge change in diet form and composition. As a resu...
Author: Janice Murphy - Swine Nutritionist/OMAFRA (Government of Ontario, Ministry of Agriculture, Foo...
Publication date: 03/27/2008    Rating:    Views: 832

DDGS – A nutritionist’s view
A new raw material is pushing into the feed market. In 2005 in the USA alone, 9 million tons of DDGS was used, 75-80% of this as ruminant feed and about 20% was used as pig feed.However, DDGS to DDGS differs ...
Author: DI Franz Waxenecker - Biomin GmbH
Publication date: 03/25/2008    Rating:    Views: 919

Feeding weaner pigs without in-feed antibiotics
With the EU ban on the use of four antibiotic feed supplements and the phasing out of the quinoxaline derivatives carbadox and olaquindox in 1999, a substitute for the so-called growth promoters must be found f...
Author: G. BOLDUAN (Courtesy of Alltech Inc.)
Publication date: 01/23/2008    Rating:    Views: 929

Bio-Mos effects on pig performance: a review
It is imperative that we find new technologies to reduce the amount of feed resources needed to produce pork. The need is made more acute by the growing societal concern about routine use of antibiotics in live...
Author: J.E. PETTIGREW - Pettigrew Consulting International (Courtesy of Alltech Inc.)
Publication date: 01/11/2008    Rating:    Views: 412