Pig Industry Technical Articles
Article published the May 24, 2017:
Introduction
Livestock production in confinement facilities results in gas emissions such as ammonia (NH3), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O) and carbon dioxide (CO2). In pig production, NH3, CH4 and ...
Article published the May 18, 2017:
Introduction
Influenza A virus (IAV) causes significant epidemics of respiratory disease in humans that result in human deaths and raise public health concerns that require a deeper understanding of IA...
Article published the May 17, 2017:
Gastrointestinal disorders remain a challenge to control and can severely affect the health and welfare of different animal species. Yet, plants produce an impressive array of compounds which can potentially be...
Article published the May 12, 2017:
Introduction
The genus Brachyspira includes seven officially named and several unofficially named species of anaerobic spirochaetes that colonize the large intestine of mammals and birds [1]. The three most co...
Article published the May 11, 2017:
INTRODUCTION
Boar spermatozoa are characterized by high susceptibility to lipid peroxidation (Cerolini et al., 2000). Indeed, mammalian spermatozoa are unique in structure and chemical composition and contain ...
Article published the May 4, 2017:
Unfortunately, the roles of amino acid (AA) in nutrition and metabolism have long been neglected, until the conclusion that the AA glutamine is important for intestinal mucosal integrity and AA arginine i...
Article published the April 28, 2017:
Reduction of quantity and strategic planning of antibiotic application is a vital issue for the modern industrial farming with the contradictive situation: economical efficacy on one hand, ensuring enough asset...
Article published the April 28, 2017:
Stalosan®F is a familiar product in Denmark, but in new markets, Stalosan is tested to demonstrate its value.
Independent Brazilian trials with strategic use of Stalosan in the farrowing house show interes...
Article published the April 27, 2017:
Introduction
Probiotics have been studied as mucosal immune modulators targeting allergy outcomes. Several human probiotic trials tracking eczema and other forms of allergy have yielded inconsistent results [...
Article published the April 20, 2017:
Introduction
Among all infectious agents, those transmitted through aerosols are the most difficult to control [1]. The speed of dispersion of airborne infectious agents makes them hard to contain and protect ...