Pig Industry Technical Articles
Article published the December 13, 2018:
Introduction
Commercial pig production was significantly intensified in the last decades and is distributed throughout the world, excluding some regions that maintain certain cultural and religious reservation...
Article published the December 11, 2018:
Introduction
Cashew bagasse bran (CBB) is characterized as a medium-value fiber and low-energy food containing 88.70% dry matter, 4.15% ether extract, 14% crude protein, 12.07% crude fiber, 1,123 kcal/kg of di...
Article published the November 13, 2018:
Introduction
Antibiotics, since their discovery in the 1920s, have played a critical role in contributing to the economic effectiveness of animal production as feed supplements at sub-therapeutic doses, to imp...
Article published the November 9, 2018:
Methionine (Met) is the third limiting amino acid (AA) in typical swine diets. Besides protein synthesis as the main role, Met plays an important role as a methyl donor for cellular metabolism and formation of ...
Article published the November 8, 2018:
1. Introduction
In-feed supplementation of antibiotics was firstly reported to promote growth in chickens (Moore et al., 1946) and subsequently in pigs (Jukes et al., 1950; Luecke et al., 1950). Since then, an...
Article published the October 29, 2018:
Introduction
Protein deposition corresponds to the positive balance between protein synthesis and breakdown (Metayer et al., 2008). In an effort to maximize the protein deposition and optimize nutrient utiliza...
Article published the October 29, 2018:
Article published the October 11, 2018:
The global pork production is expected to rise by 10% over the next decade. Given, however, that pig farmers worldwide are currently struggling to keep up with increasingly stringent regulations on nitrogen (...
Article published the October 10, 2018:
Introduction
Confined swine (Sus scrofa L.) production generates large volumes of wastewater typically stored and treated in anaerobic lagoons. These lagoons usually require a sludge maintenance plan...
Article published the October 10, 2018:
Introduction
The reproductive output of pigs depends on many factors affecting both females and males. It is generally accepted that there is a large variation in the fertility results, mainly caused by farm-...