Pig Industry Technical Articles
Article published the July 8, 2020:
A newly published open access review article [1] discusses the epidemiological conclusions made about how porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) may have been introduced to the first confirmed PEDV case farm in...
Article published the July 8, 2020:
1. Introduction
Streptococcus suis is considered one of the most important bacterial swine pathogens leading to important economic losses to the porcine industry worldwide. S. suis has been reported globally i...
Article published the July 8, 2020:
1. Introduction
Pre-weaning mortality (PWM) is a major economic and productivity challenge for the pig industry. Recent trends for piglets born alive per litter are increasing in the US, while piglets weaned p...
Article published the July 8, 2020:
1. Introduction
Astroviruses are emerging viruses in the family Astroviridae, which is divided into two genera: Avastrovirus andMamastrovirus[1]. Astroviruses are non-enveloped, 28–30 nm positive-sense,...
Article published the July 8, 2020:
1. Swine Melioidosis
Melioidosis, an infection endemic to Southeast Asia, northern Australia, and other tropical areas, is caused by the soil-dwelling Gram-negative bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei, which i...
Article published the July 8, 2020:
1. Introduction
Environmental impacts derived from livestock production have received increasing attention in recent times [1], with pig production being one of the main contributors [2]. However, extensive s...
Article published the June 24, 2020:
Post-weaning is a critical period for piglets. The immature digestive tract faces radical changes in the diet resulting in imbalances in the microbiota populations, and loss of the passive antibody protection p...
Article published the June 23, 2020:
Zearalenone (ZEA) also known as F-2 toxin is a mycotoxin mainly produced by Fusarium fungi in foods and feeds which exists in warm and humid storage, contaminants of corn, wheat, barley or other cereal. ZEA has...
Article published the June 11, 2020:
Chel means CLAW in Greek. The Mineral needs a support to CLAW itself. This support is provided by Amino Acids and this organic support is called LIGAND in chemistry. Amino Acids have a very low molecular weight...
Article published the June 10, 2020:
Introduction
Sodium and chloride are involved in several of the body’s processes, such as the sodium potassium pump and osmotic regulation. Traditionally, the most common source of Na and Cl in swine die...