Pig Industry Technical Articles
Article published the July 8, 2020:
1. Introduction
Streptococcus suis is considered one of the most important bacterial swine pathogens leading to important economic losses to the porcine industry worldwide. S. suis has been reported globally i...
Article published the July 8, 2020:
1. Introduction
Pre-weaning mortality (PWM) is a major economic and productivity challenge for the pig industry. Recent trends for piglets born alive per litter are increasing in the US, while piglets weaned p...
Article published the July 8, 2020:
1. Introduction
Astroviruses are emerging viruses in the family Astroviridae, which is divided into two genera: Avastrovirus andMamastrovirus[1]. Astroviruses are non-enveloped, 28–30 nm positive-sense,...
Article published the July 8, 2020:
1. Swine Melioidosis
Melioidosis, an infection endemic to Southeast Asia, northern Australia, and other tropical areas, is caused by the soil-dwelling Gram-negative bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei, which i...
Article published the June 2, 2020:
Article published the June 2, 2020:
Article published the June 1, 2020:
Background
Although selenium (Se) acts as part of hormones and enzymes influencing the activity of all organs and tissues, the major metabolic role of Se in the body is related to selenoproteins and the antio...
Article published the April 28, 2020:
Article published the April 7, 2020:
Background
Maize oil is an abundant source of vegetable oil used in human foods and animal feeds. Maize oil provides 8579 kcal/ kg of ME [1], which is comparable to soybean oil (8574 kcal/kg), and greater than...
Article published the April 1, 2020: