Pig Industry Technical Articles
Article published the February 27, 2019:
INTRODUCTION
Blood irrigation is supplied to the heart by the right coronary artery (RCA) and left coronary artery (LCA), which have their origin in the ascending aorta at the level of the respective right and...
Article published the February 26, 2019:
Large quantities of liquid effluents are generated during slaughtering and meat processing services related to cleaning equipment and associated facilities and the high levels of organic material in the...
Article published the February 26, 2019:
Introduction
Yeast derivatives (YD) are widely used in animal nutrition as natural additives [1,2]. YD typically contains a complex of mannan oligosaccharides (MOS) and polysaccharides, glucomannoproteins, and...
Article published the January 30, 2019:
1. Introduction
Mycotoxic nephropathy (MN), which is widely encountered renal disease all over the world, is usually a renal disorder caused by alimentary ingestion of some nephrotoxic mycotoxins. Ochratoxin A...
Article published the January 14, 2019:
“All disease begins with the gut.”- Hippocrates
Post weaning diarrhoea or problems related to gastro-intestinal tract is one of the most frequent causes of heavy economic losses in pig herds. The...
Article published the January 2, 2019:
Swine neonatal diarrhea is one of the major causes of death and economic losses in swine production. The enterotoxigenic (ETEC), verotoxigenic (VTEC) and porcine enteropathogenic (PEPEC) strains are one of the ...
Article published the January 2, 2019:
Introduction
In nutritional programs for swine, antibiotic and anti-microbial additives that act as growth promoters have been used in sub-therapeutic and constant doses ever since the 1950s. In post -weaning,...
Article published the December 14, 2018:
Conclusions
The results of this study showed that the nitrogen retention was not different among pigs when receiving a Met-deficient diet supplemented with either MetAMINO® or MHA-Ca at a ratio of 65:100...
Article published the December 14, 2018:
Conclusions
Reducing the dietary crude protein (CP) level and balancing with supplemental amino acids (AA) maintained optimal performance and carcass quality of growing-finishing pigs compared with feeding h...
Article published the December 13, 2018:
The modern animal exploitation is characterized by a high productive intensity, regardless of the species. This makes the animals to undergo constant stressing situations that may result into a higher frequency...