Pig Industry Technical Articles
Article published the September 9, 2019:
Introduction & objective: Post-weaning Escherichia coli diarrhea (PWD), also called post-weaning enteric colibacillosis, in pigs remains a major cause of economic losses for the pig industry, due to either ...
Article published the September 6, 2019:
Background and objectives
In a context of reduction of antibiotics and zinc oxide (ZnO), alternatives are needed to maintain animal health and growth performance. In a study conducted in post-weaning piglets, ...
Article published the September 4, 2019:
Introduction
Antibiotics and pharmacological levels of ZnO are common recommendations for prevention of PWD and improvement of growth performance in farms (1). The EC has scheduled a ban on ZnO as of 2022 an...
Article published the September 2, 2019:
Article published the August 28, 2019:
Background and objectives
The potentiated ZnO source HiZox® (Animine, France) was shown to be advantageous for piglet performances (Cho et al. 2015, Morales et al. 2012, Raquipo et al. 2017). More specific...
Article published the August 26, 2019:
The ban on growth promoters in feed of swine has led to an increase in infections with enteropathogens and as a result in increased use of antibiotics to treat these infections with increase in antibiotic resis...
Article published the August 22, 2019:
Background and objectives
Wheat bran (WB) has been demonstrated to promote intestinal health and improve piglet performance (Molist et al. 2011 & 2012). One proposed mechanism for this effect is that WB in...
Article published the August 22, 2019:
Background
Several international and Danish trials have shown that lowering protein levels in weaner diets can reduce post-weaning diarrhea. Results are conflicting as to the effect on productivity, probably d...
Article published the August 22, 2019:
Background and objectives: It was hypothesized that not only the extent of protein digestibility at the end of the ileum influences pig performance and risk for post-weaning diarrhea (PWD), but rate of protein ...
Article published the August 22, 2019:
Background and objectives
Without clear and accurate definition of gut health status, the design of feeding trials to study alternatives to in-feed therapeuticals (antibiotics and zinc oxide) is a challenge. G...