Pig Industry Technical Articles
Article published the December 18, 2020:
INTRODUCTION
Research to determine the nutritional needs of most micronutrients for pigs was done mainly before the decade of 1990 and focused on avoiding nutritional deficiencies (Gaudré and Quiniou,...
Article published the December 18, 2020:
1. Updates on BVDV Infection in Swine
Bovine viral diarrhea (BVD) is an infection caused by the bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV), belonging to the genus Pestivirus, family Flaviviridae, with single-stranded ...
Article published the December 18, 2020:
Based on the results of this survey, the 2020 wheat crop in Poland should not automatically be considered safe for inclusion in finished feed rations for all animal species.
Special attention shoul...
Article published the December 17, 2020:
INTRODUCTION
Sows in transition from gestation to lactation are in a period of dramatic physiological change due to high nutrient demands of rapidly growing fetuses in utero, parturition, and lactation. T...
Article published the December 17, 2020:
1. Introduction
The increased awareness of potential negative effects of including antibiotic growth promoters in diets fed to pigs has resulted in an increased interest in producing pigs without using antibio...
Article published the December 17, 2020:
1. Introduction
The first set of cases of African swine fever (ASF) in Latvia were detected in the wild boar population at the eastern border with Belarus in June 2014 [1–3]. The disease continued to spr...
Article published the December 17, 2020:
1. Introduction
Porcine circoviruses (PCVs) are small DNA viruses and have four representatives, PCV-1, PCV-2, PCV-3, and tentatively, PCV-4. PCV-1 is known as non-pathogenic for pigs [1], while PCV-2 has been...
Article published the December 17, 2020:
1. Introduction
African swine fever (ASF) is a viral disease of domestic and wild suids currently threatening the global porcine industry [1,2]. Considered a notifiable disease to the World Organization for An...
Article published the December 16, 2020:
1. Introduction
Childhood obesity has been traditionally associated with affluent social environments in highly developed countries. Currently, it is scattering with respect to children from all social statuse...
Article published the December 15, 2020:
Corn from the two 2020 harvests was found to have low to medium levels of five mycotoxins: AFB1, FB1, ZEA, DON and NIV (multiple mycotoxin contamination). The possible synergism, or additive effect of mycotox...