Piglets nutrition Technical Articles
Article published the June 22, 2022:
Evonik’s animal feed solutions quench livestock thirst and reduce the environmental impact of meat and dairy productionWHITEPAPERAccording to the UN, four billion people experience severe water scarcity f...
Article published the June 15, 2022:
INTRODUCTIONMycotoxins are secondary metabolic products of fungi with toxigenic effects in other living species. Worldwide, about 88% of animal feed and feedstuffs are contaminated with at least one mycotoxin [...
Article published the May 2, 2022:
INTRODUCTION Antibiotics have given significant contributions to the human food production chain during their almost 80 years of use. Such contributions include a reduced incidence of bacterial disease, improve...
Article published the April 25, 2022:
IntroductionPost-weaning diarrhoea (PWD) is a significant enteric disease causing considerable economic losses for the pig industry. Among several etiological risk factors, enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETE...
Article published the April 19, 2022:
How does the ban change the way we look at feed formulation?Zinc oxide (ZnO) has often covered up mistakes within our piglet feed formulations. When we remove ZnO, excesses or imbalances in our formulation beco...
Article published the April 19, 2022:
What is the incentive for the EU ban?The EU ban entails the use of high levels of ZnO (known as veterinary levels), which can be defined as levels above 150 parts per million (ppm). High levels of ZnO increase ...
Article published the April 19, 2022:
What are consequences of the ban for farmers?The ban will increase the risk for the development of digestive problems in piglets after weaning. Most pig producers already have very high standards of hygiene and...
Article published the April 19, 2022:
Are we prepared to remove ZnO from piglet diets?A survey done by Farmers Weekly and Elanco showed that that one-third of pig farmers in the UK are still routinely using zinc oxide in pigs after weaning, and 60%...
Article published the April 13, 2022:
Introduction:The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of providing a special feed preparation with a new feed additive based on probiotics to newborn piglets in the first day of life, on their per...
Article published the April 8, 2022:
Introduction: There are two registered vaccines available (Clostriporc A, Enteroporc A, IDT Biologika GmbH) to prevent suckling piglet diarrhea caused by Clostridium perfringens type A (CpA). These are based on...