Pig Industry Technical Articles
Article published the October 4, 2018:
Introduction
The β-agonist ractopamine (RAC) is a dietary ingredient used in diets for finishing pigs to redirect nutrients to protein accretion that would otherwise go to the synthesis and deposition of ...
Article published the September 27, 2018:
Introduction
Infectious diseases continue to pose significant economic losses to the animal industry. The routine use of antibiotics at subtherapeutic doses for disease prevention in animal production practice...
Article published the September 20, 2018:
INTRODUCTION
Antimicrobial agents are essential for the treatment and control of bacterial infections. Therefore, the increasing antimicrobial resistance observed worldwide in bacteria isolated from humans and...
Article published the September 13, 2018:
The epidemiological cycle of Trypanosoma cruzi involves humans, the transmitting arthropod, and a large number of different naturally infected mammals. Mammals play an important role as reservoirs, specifically...
Article published the September 12, 2018:
Best results with MetAMINO®
Best marketing practices for best results: What’s the single best way to present something as complex as the scientific benefits of a livestock feed additive? There is no ...
Article published the September 6, 2018:
Introduction
Hospital pens, or infirmary pens, are often used to facilitate the treatment of sick animals and separate them from those that are healthy (Fraser et al., 2013). In these pens, pigs are able to ...
Article published the September 4, 2018:
Antibiotic resistance overview
Global meat production increased by almost 20% in the last decade, where the pork and poultry industries showed the highest level of expansion. Rapid urbanization and increasing ...
Article published the August 30, 2018:
INTRODUCTION
Brazil is the fourth largest producer and exporter of pork worldwide, rearing pigs under intensive feedlot conditions, to optimize production and economic performances (BAPTISTA et al., 2011). Con...
Article published the August 29, 2018:
INTRODUCTION
Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) is the process by which fecal microorganisms are donated by a healthy individual and subsequently transplanted into a diseased individual. The actual process...
Article published the August 23, 2018:
INTRODUCTION
As mentioned in CERVI et al. (2010), the expansion of pig farming has resulted in a significant increase in the volume of produced waste, increasing the risks of environmental contamination. The s...