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Wes Schweer (Zinpro) shared insights on this metric during research, in this Swine It interview with host Laura Greiner....
Wes Schweer (Zinpro) talked about performance when analyzing options or combinations, during this Swine It interview with host Laura Greiner....
Jay Johnson (USDA) shared his opinion regarding this resource and its value, in this Swine It interview with host Laura Greiner....
Jay Johnson (USDA) discussed recent concerns regarding the impact of heat stress, in this Swine It interview with host Laura Greiner....
Ken Stalder (Iowa State University) discussed breeding and other topics during this Swine It interview with host Laura Greiner....
Dan Columbus (Prairie Swine Centre and University of Saskatchewan) shared insights on amino acids and energy requirements when feeding a sick pig, during this Swine It interview with host Laura Greiner....
Ken Stalder (Iowa State University) shared his insights regarding swine producers' needs to then develop tools, during this Swine It interview with host Laura Greiner....
Dan Columbus (Prairie Swine Centre and University of Saskatchewan) shared his thoughts regarding research on pigs challenged with bacterial diseases and their impacts on feed efficiency and nutrient requirements, in this Swine It interview with host Laura Greiner....
1. Introduction Tissue-specific stem cells have the potential to self-renew or differentiate into mature cells, contributing to tissue growth and homeostasis. Muscle specific stem cells, satellite cells, maintain the ability to self-renew or differentiate and are required for post-natal muscle growth and repair [1–3]. The use of novel gene sequencing technology in the investigation of the genomic regulation of satellite cell fate has provided insight into how the satellite...
Introduction Feed cost represents 70% of the total cost of poultry and pork production (Patience et al., 2015); therefore, a number of processing techniques have been developed to maximize utilization of nutrients in feed ingredients and diets for optimum animal growth performance. Oilseed meals are commonly exposed to varying degrees of heat to remove solvents used during oil extraction, increase nutrient digestibility, improve storage life, and to reduce anti-nutritional...
Deoxynivalenol and fusaric acid have been shown to sequentially elevate brain tryptophan, serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, 5-HT), and 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA) concentrations, and these neurotransmitters can lead to a decrease in feed intake. Zearalenone (ZON) and its metabolites (α- and β-zearalenol), α-zearalenol is the predominant metabolite of ZON in pigs. The ZON and its metabolites disrupt reproductive processes via mimicking of the action of...
In the animal food industry, enzymes can help improve animal performance and production economics through a variety of mechanisms: breakdown of substrates in feed and reduction of anti-nutritional substances, such as hydrolysis of phytic acid to improve phosphorus availability.
Marketed enzyme preparations contain the...
Introduction Amino acids (AAs) are natural substances containing both amino and acid groups. Proline, which contains an imino group but not an amino group, is loosely considered as an AA in nutrition and metabolism. 1 Protein (the polymer of AAs) is the major component of growth in animals and has been a focus of nutritional research over the past century. 2 Proteinogenic (protein-creating) in animals are alanine, arginine, asparagine, asparate, cysteine,...
Arthi Amalraj (Ghent University) explains the benefits of an enriched environment on weight gain and feed conversion, during IPVS2022 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil....
Oliver Stringer (Department of Infectious Disease, Imperial College London) explained this alternative to PCR for APP detection, during IPVS2022 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil....
Oliver Stringer (Department of Infectious Disease, Imperial College London) discussed the advantages of this process when serotyping APP, during IPVS2022 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil....
Marina Kamoei (Merck Animal Health) discussed ileitis and the impact of intestinal diseases on production, during IPVS2022 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil....
John Carr (Apiam Animal Health, Australia) talked about the specific clinical signs of an ASF variant, during IPVS2022 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil....
John Carr and Jonathan van Dissel (Apiam Animal Health, Australia) discussed an outbreak case and its consequences, as well as producers' concerns, during IPVS2022 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil....