Pig Industry Technical Articles
Article published the August 29, 2018:
INTRODUCTION
Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) is the process by which fecal microorganisms are donated by a healthy individual and subsequently transplanted into a diseased individual. The actual process...
Article published the August 23, 2018:
INTRODUCTION
As mentioned in CERVI et al. (2010), the expansion of pig farming has resulted in a significant increase in the volume of produced waste, increasing the risks of environmental contamination. The s...
Article published the August 22, 2018:
Conclusion
Results of this study showed that the supplementation of CreAMINO® at 0.12% significantly improved the growth performance of pigs from starter to finisher stage.
Lean mean yield was also sign...
Article published the August 22, 2018:
CONCLUSIONS
Supplementation of 0.12 % CreAMINO® in finisher pigs diet 60 days before slaughter improved weight gain, FCR, lean meat yield by 4.30 %, 4.19 % and 2.20 %, respectively, compared with the con...
Article published the August 21, 2018:
Potassium diformate (KDF) is a specifically conjugated acid double-salt, patented by ADDCON and traded as FORMI on the European and world-market. Potassium diformate has been approved in the European Union as a...
Article published the August 14, 2018:
Abstract
The gut carries an important responsibility in selecting what can be absorbed and what should remain outside the body. To put this in the right perspective, it is important to note that the surface ...
Article published the August 14, 2018:
Crops can be contaminated with mycotoxins already on the field (pre-harvest) or during transport, storage or processing (post-harvest). A survey of mycotoxin contamination in Europe and Asia showed that deoxyni...
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...