Pig Industry Technical Articles
Article published the May 29, 2020:
In 2013, Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea (PED) a serious disease was an outbreak in Taiwan, resulting in a high mortality rate of born piglets. Nowadays, PED has become a common disease in the pig farm, causes sows r...
Article published the May 12, 2020:
Article published the April 29, 2020:
Taiwan is an island state in East Asia and located in the tropical and subtropical zone. During summer, the weather is hot and humid, and these factors will cause the intensive farming livestock to stay in high...
Article published the April 28, 2020:
In these past years, the concept of food safety has become increasingly more evident in the food production, mainly when it is related with the export of products of animal origin, which is a huge challenge to ...
Article published the April 28, 2020:
Recently, Pig Farming suffered a major impact on world production. In September 2018, the African Swine Fever Virus (ASFV) was detected in subsistence pigs in China and Romania, and in wild boars in Belgium.
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Article published the April 28, 2020:
Article published the April 27, 2020:
1. Introduction
Broiler chickens and pigs are highly exposed to mycotoxins due to their cereal based diet. These toxins are mainly produced by Aspergillus, Fusarium, and Penicillium fungal species. [1]. Aflato...
Article published the April 27, 2020:
Background and objectives
Pharmacological levels of zinc oxide (ZnO) are widely used in the weaning pig diets to promote growth and prevent post-weaning diarrhea. This practice is not environmentally sustaina...
Article published the April 22, 2020:
Introduction
In the early twentieth century, Ivanow reported the use of the artificial insemination technique (AI) in pig(1,2). However, the commercial application of AI began at the 1980s(3). Its success can ...
Article published the April 17, 2020:
In 1817, selenium (Se) was isolated for the first time by Berzelius. At that time little was known about its biological function, until its nutritional requirement was revealed about 140 years later by Schwar...