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Introduction Sunflower (Helianthus annuus, Asteraceae) is one of the most widely cultivated oil crops in the world (Flagella et al., 2002). The world-wild production of sunflower seed reached 37.08 million tonnes and subsequently produced 15.22 million tonne of oil (FAO, 2012). Together with soybeans, cottonseeds and canola (rapeseed), sunflower seeds are one of the major oilseeds produced in the world (Salunkhe et al., 1992). Oilseed by-products play an important role in...
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Introduction Swine dysentery (SD) typically manifests as a severe mucohemorrhagic colitis arising from infection of the caecum and colon of grower-finisher pigs with the anaerobic intestinal spirochete Brachyspira hyodysenteriae [1]. SD can severely depress feed conversion efficiency, may require considerable antimicrobial use for its control, and represents an animal welfare issue. Strains of B. hyodysenteriae that are resistant to antimicrobial...
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Eltville, Germany, 2017-10-09 – Phytobiotics, the leading producer and vendor of the well-known feed additives (such as Sangrovit ®, Plexomin ® and Bigarol), hosted their annual international IQ Inside Seminar from 22 to 26 September in Kufstein, Austria. More than 120 guests from over 33 countries and 4 different continents were invited to learn and talk about novel ways of efficient animal...
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The intestinal mucosa possesses an extensive surface area and is exposed to a large and diverse number of microorganisms and potentially antigenic proteins throughout the lifetime of a pig. The mucosal epithelium is capable of assimilating vital nutrients while simultaneously excluding ingested pathogens and other harmful materials. In mature swine, an array of gastrointestinal defense processes act rapidly and collectively to intercept, neutralize or eliminate harmful antigens and microbes...
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Dr. Christian Lückstädt, Technical Director for "Feed" business unit at Addcon, speaks about the mode of action of their 3rd generation acidifier based on a combination of Sodium diformate and glycerol monolaurate....
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Gastrointestinal disorders remain a challenge to control and can severely affect the health and welfare of different animal species. Yet, plants produce an impressive array of compounds which can potentially be used as natural solutions to improve gut health. Tannins are widely spread in the plant kingdom and they are certainly an element of interest in this sense. Thanks to their antibacterial, antiviral or antispasmodic properties (Lupini et al., 2009), they have been traditionally...
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Gut remodeling after weaning Heo et al. (2012) provide an excellent review of the gastrointestinal changes that occur in weaned pigs after weaning. As a brief summary of their review, the gastrointestinal changes at weaning include: Increased stomach gastric pH because of decreased acid secretion capacity and decreased lactic acid production due to lowered lactose intake. These changes may increase susceptibility of piglets to enteric infections at...
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The gastrointestinal (GI) tract continues to undergo significant developmental changes in postnatal life. Environmental influences during this critical developmental period, including diet, stress and mucosal injury, have been shown to induce long-term changes in intestinal physiology and disease susceptibility in animal models(1 – 4). Similarly, in human subjects, increasing epidemiological evidence supports the concept that adverse early-life environmental factors, such as stress,...
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Background Group administration of veterinary drugs through feed and drinking water is frequently applied in the pig industry. Antimicrobials are often administered to pigs by mixing the feed with an oral powder or premix formulation [1–3]. The important role of group administration of antimicrobials in the selection of resistant bacteria is generally recognized [4]. Concerns about antimicrobial resistance selection have already led to the prohibition of use of...
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With its extensive surface area and critical role in the absorption of nutrients, the intestinal mucosa is exposed to a great quantity and variety of potentially antigenic substances throughout the lifetime of the pig. In defending the mucosal surface, the intestine must clearly distinguish between harmless and harmful foreign antigens that are introduced during the process of feeding and drinking. Moreover, it must coexist with and even support several hundred species of bacteria which...
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INTRODUCTION Nontyphoidal salmonellae (NTS) as Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium are a leading cause of acute food-borne zoonoses worldwide being responsible for hundreds of millions of cases of gastroenteritis and bacteremia annually (Hohmann, 2001). Pigs are important reservoir of infection for humans as they are asymptomatic carriers of broad host-range serovars of Salmonella (Funk and Gebreyes, 2004; Pires et...
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Introduction Enzymes have been used in livestock production for more than 20 yrs, especially in diet containing cereals with high levels of soluble non-starch polysaccharides (NSP) such as wheat, oats, barley and rye (Yin et al., 2000a, 2000b, 2001c; Yu et al., 2007). In recent years, however, enzymes have also been accepted by the industry for corn-based diets in both poultry and pigs (Fang et al., 2007; Olukosi et al., 2007;...
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Ignacio Montagud, International Business Manager for Patent Co, talks to us about the presence of Patent Co products in the Asian Market, during VIV Asia 2017 in Bangkok, Thailand....
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Background Spray dried plasma (SDP) is a protein rich product obtained from the industrial fractionation of blood from healthy animals. Blood is collected with an anticoagulant and centrifuged to separate the blood cells. Plasma is then concentrated and spray-dried under high pressure to achieve a minimum of 80 °C throughout its substance (Fig. 1). With this procedure, proteins preserve most of their biological activity [1, 2]. ...
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The global swine industry adopted early-weaning practices a generation ago. However, early weaned piglets have been characterized by poor growth performance, known as the “postweaning lag.” A transient hypersensitivity response to new exposure to soy protein is one reason for the lag in post-weaning growth performance. Soybean meal (SBM) is commonly used as the primary protein source in pig diets. While some of the proteins in SBM are more easily...
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Reduction of quantity and strategic planning of antibiotic application is a vital issue for the modern industrial farming with the contradictive situation: economical efficacy on one hand, ensuring enough assets for further development and meeting the high food safety standards on the other, insuring quality and safe products for human consumption. To some extend the situation in animal production was provoked by AGP(antibiotic...
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Dr. Christian Lückstädt, Technical Director for "Feed" business unit at ADDCON, introduces to the Asian market FORMI® Alpha, during VIV Asia 2017, in Bangkok, Thailand....
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Dr. Sermsak Jiebna, President of Amcovet Group - a Patent Co distributor in Thailand-, testified about the benefits of using Minazel® Plus in pigs, during VIV Asia 2017, in Bangkok, Thailand....
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Watsuma Srisa-ard, Manager Director of Eurotec Nutrition Thailand -a Silvateam distributor- testified about the use of Silvafeed® Tannin Polyphenol into the Asian Market, during Silvafeed Technical Seminar in Bangkok, before VIV Asia 2017....
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Introduction Weaning removes young pigs from the passive immune protection they receive from the milk of the sow and increases their susceptibility to enterotoxigenic E. coli infection [1]. Earlyweaned pigs often exhibit an underdeveloped immune system, digestive disorders and post-weaning diarrhea [2]. Enterotoxigenic E. coli not only colonize the small intestine, but can also...
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