Pig Industry Technical Articles
Article published the November 29, 2021:
IntroductionAfrican swine fever (ASF) is one of the most complex infectious swine diseases. Its notification to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) is mandatory due to the high mortality it caus...
Article published the November 29, 2021:
IntroductionAfrican Swine Fever (ASF) is a devastating highly contagious disease affecting suids. It is caused by a big complex virus, the African swine fever virus (ASFV), that can spread very rapidly wit...
Article published the November 29, 2021:
IntroductionDespite the wealth of information on the many factors that affect sexual maturation and the early breeding performance of gilts, it has been difficult to establish the needed protocols that pro...
Article published the November 24, 2021:
INTRODUCTIONFarm animals are raised to produce commodities such as meat, dairy products, and fiber. Energy, amino acids (AA), minerals, vitamins, and water are used by animals for body maintenance, growth, repr...
Article published the November 23, 2021:
IntroductionAlthough only two years have passed since the last IPVS congress in Chongqing (China), the global swine industry has been completely transformed by the emerged threat of African swine fever (AS...
Article published the November 23, 2021:
The diseaseAfrican swine fever (ASF) is one of the most important infectious disease of swine. This disease causes greater sanitary, social and economic impacts due to its high mortality rate in domestic p...
Article published the November 19, 2021:
INTRODUCTIONSeveral factors influence piglet performance after birth. In general, pig producers aim at heavy birth and weaning weights because they are associated with better performance during subsequent reari...
Article published the November 19, 2021:
INTRODUCTIONOne of the greatest challenges in optimizing growth performance and health of newly weaned pigs is to overcome low and variable feed consumption which adversely affects gastrointestinal health durin...
Article published the November 15, 2021:
IntroductionPorcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) is the most relevant infectious disease in the swine industry. PRRS virus (PRRSv) live inoculation has been used to stabilize and even eliminate ...
Article published the November 4, 2021:
IntroductionAfrican swine fever virus (ASFV) reported as deadly for pigs. It is listed as a “notifiable disease” by the OIE due to high illness rates and a high mortality rate, up to 100%, and subst...