Pig Industry Technical Articles
Article published the December 14, 2020:
1. Introduction
Classical swine fever (CSF), a list-A disease classified by the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), is considered as a transboundary animal disease by the Food and Agriculture Organizat...
Article published the December 11, 2020:
1. Introduction
Increasing robustness, resilience and efficiency of livestock are pivotal topics in animal science because of their importance to profitable meat and dairy production, but also for ethical, ani...
Article published the December 10, 2020:
1. Introduction
A common challenge for most livestock industries is to identify more productive, efficient and sustainable pasture-based production systems that have a positive impact on animal welfare, biodiv...
Article published the December 7, 2020:
1. Introduction
The sustainability of pasture-based animal production systems has social, environmental and economic implications. Grasslands provide low cost feed for livestock, mainly ruminants, becoming t...
Article published the December 4, 2020:
Introduction
Glutamine is considered a non-essential amino acid for young pigs and is important for optimum health and function of the enterocytes in the small intestine. Glutamate is an important compound in ...
Article published the December 3, 2020:
1. Introduction
African swine fever virus (ASFV) is the only member of the virus family Asfarviridae, and is the etiological agent that causes African swine fever (ASF). This large double-stranded DNA virus ha...
Article published the December 2, 2020:
Article published the December 1, 2020:
It is well known that heat stress or disease stress during gestation and lactation reduces sow herd productivity and profitability. Lactating sows need a high feed intake to maintain their body condition an...
Article published the November 24, 2020:
Plasma is comprised of a complex mixture of functional proteins that have a profound, positive impact on animals.
Consumed orally, functional proteins help the immune system to respond more quick...
Article published the November 2, 2020:
Dr MEGAN EDWARDS reports studies showing the benefits of spray dried plasma proteins in sow and piglet diets.
African Swine Fever has significantly reduced the commercial pig herd in Asia. There are now gr...