Pig Industry Technical Articles
Article published the August 8, 2018:
When Salmonella is present in the gastro intestinal tract (GIT) of pigs, it might contaminate carcasses during the slaughter process, and become a source of food poisoning and bacterial gastro-enteritis in huma...
Article published the August 8, 2018:
INTRODUCTION
Yeast derivatives (YD) are widely used in animal nutrition as natural additives. YD contain glucomannoproteins, betaglucans and nucleotides complex derived by acid hydrolysis of the cell wall of y...
Article published the August 2, 2018:
• The standardized ileal digestible (SID) sulfur amino acids (SAA) requirement for 10-20 kg PIC pigs was estimated to be 0.77 % to optimize ADG and 0.82 % to minimize FCR, which is approximately 29...
Article published the August 2, 2018:
Introduction Despite increased bio-security measures, pigs are often exposed to chronic sub-clinical level of diseases and climatic (heat) stress in commercial farms, causing a lower feed intake and performanc...
Article published the August 1, 2018:
INTRODUCTION
Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios of animal tissues represent a balance between dietary intake and loss. In general, when animals are close to a steady state nitrogen balance and their foo...
Article published the July 26, 2018:
Introduction
More than 60% of pigs are reared outdoors in Uruguay, with variable participation of pastures in feed (DIEA, 2007). Outdoor production systems with pastures are becoming attractive for consumers, ...
Article published the July 19, 2018:
Introduction
It is generally assumed that the young pig up to about 70 kg body weight (BW) displays a limited physical capacity to ingest nutrients (Quiniou et al., 2000), and will respond to increases in diet...
Article published the July 17, 2018:
Modern swine production allowed to increase the productivity at farm level.
Due to higher prolificacy, farmers are managing bigger litters with lower individual weight at weaning. Hence, piglets are con...
Article published the July 13, 2018:
60-80% of antibiotics are used for digestive problems. The period after weaning is known for its regular antibiotic application and could be a perfect target for an important step in antibiotic...
Article published the July 11, 2018:
Introduction
Feeding is the most costly item on pig farms, representing 65% of total costs of the farming activity. In this respect, the possibility of earning profits from swine culture depends on proper feed...