Pig Industry Technical Articles
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Article published the December 16, 2022:
Botanicals represent a wide class of complex compounds that naturally contain active principles with numerous biological functions. Among them, the anti-inflammatory and antioxidant actions are of key interest ...
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Article published the December 6, 2022:
IntroductionOn average, piglet livability in Europe is 83%, ranging from 70% to 90%. It is determined by the number of still births and pre-weaning mortality in a given litter. With the increasing litter size, ...
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...
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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 November 2, 2022:
IntroductionImprovest® (Zoetis, Kalamazoo, MI) is immunological product for intact male pigs that stimulates the production of antibodies against gonadotropin-releasing factor (GnRF), blocking its activity ...
Article published the November 2, 2022:
The majority of pig and poultry diets are composed of about 70% maize or wheat, 20% soybean meal or other similar protein sources, and 10% micro-ingredients. Although this is a simplification, it illustrates th...