Pig Industry Technical Articles
Article published the February 3, 2023:
IntroductionPigs suffer high rates of embryonic mortality, especially during the peri-implantation period of pregnancy [1, 2] when embryos elongate rapidly, signal for pregnancy recognition, and attach to ...
Article published the December 26, 2022:
For many years reactive oxygen species (ROS) production in biological systems has been considered to be detrimental. However, a pleasant face of ROS has received recently tremendous attention. Indeed, it has be...
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Article published the December 6, 2022:
IntroductionThe major goal of the swine industry is to minimize neonatal mortality and improve weaning weights of neonatal pigs because their adaptability to weaning and their rates of growth to market weight a...
Article published the November 24, 2022:
Article published the November 3, 2022:
The United States Department of Agriculture reported that sow mortality ranges from 2.5% to 3.7% each year, depending on herd size1. It also was stated that annual mortality rates of sows in typical confined-so...
Article published the October 27, 2022:
Introduction: Evaluating the presence of antibiotic resistant (AR) bacteria in swine production is important to estimate the problems associated with bacterial antibiotic resistances on farms. Especially the pr...
Article published the October 27, 2022:
Introduction:Since 2001 GD Animal Health in the Netherlands runs a monitoring system on pig health. One pillar of this system is the recording of all telephonic questions concerning health issues. Since 2013 la...
Article published the October 27, 2022:
Introduction: The farm was a closed herd using AI and comprised 430 breeding sows. Progeny were kept until 10 weeks of age when they were sent to a second unit for finishing. The farm was infected with PRRS vir...