Pig Industry Technical Articles
Article published the August 5, 2020:
Introduction
The optimal concentration of nutrients required by growing pigs generally decreases over the growing-finishing period with a phase feeding program used as an attempt to meet the needs of the pigs ...
Article published the July 29, 2020:
1. Introduction
Quercetin, as the foremost representative of flavonols, has been extensively investigated for its beneficial effects on health [1]. With regard to the gastrointestinal tract, quercetin received...
Article published the July 23, 2020:
At weaning, piglets suffer from immunological, environmental, nutritional and social stress, consequently affecting the gut health and growth performance. Supplementation of probiotics is considered as one of t...
Article published the July 20, 2020:
Article published the July 17, 2020:
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs announced No. 194 decree that, starting from July 1, 2020, feed production enterprises stop producing commercial feed containing growth-promoting drug(s) (except ...
Article published the July 15, 2020:
1. Introduction
Given an appropriate space allowance, along with optimal environmental conditions, indoor finishing pigs will generally establish specific and separate areas within a pen to undertake lying an...
Article published the July 15, 2020:
1. Introduction
A sustainable use of dietary phosphorus (P) is necessary to minimize its excretion and to limit the use of non-renewable mineral phosphates being progressively a limiting source of P [1]. This...
Article published the July 14, 2020:
Implications
The host DNA in faeces presumably originates from gut cell losses. This development of a non-invasive assessment method is potentially a novel indirect measurement of gut cell losses, although fur...
Article published the July 14, 2020:
1. Introduction
Weaning is the most challenging event in modern pig production, which often results in reduced feed intake, decreased growth, increased risks of post-weaning diarrhea (PWD) and mortality in new...
Article published the July 10, 2020:
1. Introduction
African swine fever (ASF), a fatal disease in domestic pigs and wild boar, has become a serious economic threat to the pig farming sector with global ramifications, more than ever underlined b...