Pig Industry Technical Articles
Article published the September 25, 2019:
Background and objectives
Altering feed composition can be an alternative to the therapeutic usage of zinc oxide (ZnO) to maintain piglet performance and to reduce post-weaning diarrhea. Supplementing the diet...
Article published the September 24, 2019:
INTRODUCTION
The post-weaning period may be considered critical for piglets, once they are submitted to several stress situations (SOBESTIANSKY et al., 2001) such as environmental changes (new facilities and/ ...
Article published the September 9, 2019:
Introduction
The association of all the stressors related to early weaning of piglets results in reduction in daily feed intake, especially during the first week. The interruption of feed intake in this phase ...
Article published the September 9, 2019:
Introduction & objective: Post-weaning Escherichia coli diarrhea (PWD), also called post-weaning enteric colibacillosis, in pigs remains a major cause of economic losses for the pig industry, due to either ...
Article published the September 6, 2019:
Background and objectives
In a context of reduction of antibiotics and zinc oxide (ZnO), alternatives are needed to maintain animal health and growth performance. In a study conducted in post-weaning piglets, ...
Article published the September 4, 2019:
Introduction
Antibiotics and pharmacological levels of ZnO are common recommendations for prevention of PWD and improvement of growth performance in farms (1). The EC has scheduled a ban on ZnO as of 2022 an...
Article published the September 2, 2019:
Article published the August 28, 2019:
Background and objectives
The potentiated ZnO source HiZox® (Animine, France) was shown to be advantageous for piglet performances (Cho et al. 2015, Morales et al. 2012, Raquipo et al. 2017). More specific...
Article published the August 26, 2019:
The ban on growth promoters in feed of swine has led to an increase in infections with enteropathogens and as a result in increased use of antibiotics to treat these infections with increase in antibiotic resis...
Article published the August 22, 2019:
Background and objectives
Wheat bran (WB) has been demonstrated to promote intestinal health and improve piglet performance (Molist et al. 2011 & 2012). One proposed mechanism for this effect is that WB in...