Pig Industry Technical Articles
Article published the April 13, 2022:
Introduction:Outbreaks of bloody diarrhea in swine herds in the late 2000s signaled the re-emergence of swine dysentery in the U.S. Diagnostic investigations confirmed the emergence of a novel pathogen “B...
Article published the April 13, 2022:
Introduction: Enteric infections cause economic losses in pig production. Increases in costs are associated with reduced average daily gain (ADG), increased mortality rate and increased in use of antibiotics. P...
Article published the April 13, 2022:
Introduction:Brachyspira spp. are a group of enteric pathogens prevalent worldwide in most swine rearing geographies. To determine appropriate therapy for Brachyspira disease, minimum inhibitor concentrations (...
Article published the April 13, 2022:
Introduction:Brachyspira hyodysenteriae is the aetiologic agent of swine dysentery (SD), an infectious disease that affects growing and fattening pigs causing severe bloody diarrhoea and haemorrhagic colitis. B...
Article published the April 8, 2022:
Introduction: There are two registered vaccines available (Clostriporc A, Enteroporc A, IDT Biologika GmbH) to prevent suckling piglet diarrhea caused by Clostridium perfringens type A (CpA). These are based on...
Article published the April 8, 2022:
INTRODUCTIONAccording to new concepts about human health and increase on protein demand there was significant improvement in carcass quality of pigs to supply market which seeks a pork lean meat. Thus, it shoul...
Article published the April 8, 2022:
BackgroundPorcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) is an enveloped single-stranded positive sense RNA virus belonging to the Order Nidovirales, the family Coronaviridae and the genus Alphacoronavirus (Saif et al....
Article published the April 8, 2022:
Immunometabolism is the study of immunity and metabolism as an integrated system. The prototypical organ for such study is the gut. Central to the proper and optimum functioning of the gut, thus its immunometab...
Article published the April 8, 2022:
IntroductionThe use of enzymes in modern non-ruminant production has become universal. This is due to the extensive benefits observed on the productivity of both poultry and swine with its use. Although most fe...
Article published the March 18, 2022: