Pig Industry Technical Articles
Article published the April 19, 2022:
How does the ban change the way we look at feed formulation?Zinc oxide (ZnO) has often covered up mistakes within our piglet feed formulations. When we remove ZnO, excesses or imbalances in our formulation beco...
Article published the April 19, 2022:
What is the incentive for the EU ban?The EU ban entails the use of high levels of ZnO (known as veterinary levels), which can be defined as levels above 150 parts per million (ppm). High levels of ZnO increase ...
Article published the April 19, 2022:
What are consequences of the ban for farmers?The ban will increase the risk for the development of digestive problems in piglets after weaning. Most pig producers already have very high standards of hygiene and...
Article published the April 19, 2022:
Are we prepared to remove ZnO from piglet diets?A survey done by Farmers Weekly and Elanco showed that that one-third of pig farmers in the UK are still routinely using zinc oxide in pigs after weaning, and 60%...
Article published the April 13, 2022:
Introduction: Healthy pigs carrying Streptococcus (S.) suis on their tonsils are known to be a source of S. suis transmission in pig herds. S. suis can cause severe clinical disease, especially if co-infection ...
Article published the April 13, 2022:
Introduction: This abstract describes usage of antimicrobials in Finnish swine herds in 2014.Materials and Methods:In 2014 Finnish swine health program (Sikava) collected information from its system from 1282 p...
Article published the April 13, 2022:
Introduction: Increasing antimicrobial resistance is one of the major problems concerning both veterinary medicine and human health. There are but few reports on antimicrobial susceptibility of C. perfringens f...
Article published the April 13, 2022:
Introduction:The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of providing a special feed preparation with a new feed additive based on probiotics to newborn piglets in the first day of life, on their per...
Article published the April 13, 2022:
Introduction: Brachyspira pilosicoli is the etiologic agent of porcine colonic spirochetosis, a diarrheal disease in growing pigs. Colitis associated with Brachyspira pilosicoli is less severe than swine dysent...
Article published the April 13, 2022:
Introduction:Brachyspira hyodysenteriae is the primary etiologic agent of Swine Dysentery. The disease causes severe mucohaemorrhagic diarrhoea, and thereby severe economic losses to swine production. This stud...