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With the recent and projected increase in the human population and consequent demand for animal products worldwide, the identification of novel strategies to increase the efficiency of food production has become a major research focus. With respect to agricultural animals, optimization of animal health and nutrient utilization is a key component of improving production efficiency. Safety issues have also highlighted the need for high quality products. These...
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Kansas State University is flexing its research muscle in swine nutrition and grain science in hopes of taking out a deadly virus that is said to have a 100 percent mortality rate in piglets less than 7 days old.
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Introduction
Zinc (Zn) plays an important role in the metabolism of swine and as such is an essential trace element for growing pigs.
During the late 1980s, it was discovered that pharmacological concentrations (1.500-3.000 ppm) of Zn oxide (ZnO) resulted in reduced diarrhea and increased growth in weanling pigs. To minimize the risk of environmental...
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Traditionally the digestive tract of pigs has been considered in view of its primary function being the site where ingested nutrients are processed and enzymatically degraded or fermented and nutrients are absorbed from the lumen towards systemic organs and tissues. More recently the gut is also being considered more explicitly for its other functions, including its barrier function. The barrier function comprises different elements in...
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It is often assumed that if an animal has diarrhea, it’s caused by a pathogen. E. col i, Salmonella, Rotavirus and other bacteria can and do cause many intestinal infections. However, sometimes nutrition can be indirectly to blame.
“In some cases, it is actually osmotic diarrhea, caused by an indigestible protein.” said Dr. Brad Lawrence, Swine Technical Manager for Novus International. Excess...
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Context
It is Pancosma’s ambition to design adding-value solutions and not to offer simple products. This is quite complex as it requires several principles: a deep know-how in technology, profound knowledge on animal science and precise understanding of gut physiology. Pancosma has developed for years now these competencies and expertise to offer exclusive and potentially custom-designed solutions for...
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Jasna Bosnjak, Export Manager at Patent-Co., speaks about their natural solution for prevention and treatment of swine disentery. ...
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a Christian Doppler Laboratory for Mycotoxin Metabolism, Center for Analytical Chemistry, Department for Agrobiotechnology (IFA-Tulln), University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU), Konrad Lorenz Str. 20, Tulln 3430, Austria b University Clinic for Swine, Department for Farm Animals and Veterinary Public Health, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Veterinärplatz 1, Vienna 1210, Austria ...
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The solution for better risks management Carbovet® protects all animals from digestive disorders and diarrhea and reduces the negative impacts of enterotoxins & mycotoxins. Pancosma offers a wide range of natural solutions with Carbovet® P, T, XL for use in feed, liquid feed or to mix in the silage or in top feeding + Carbovet® Gel for oral injections. Carbovet® optimizes risk management and can be...
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Around weaning, piglets are known to have a limited intake and an immature digestive tract. Previous trials demonstrated the beneficial effect of supplementing TakTik® X-IN either during suckling or 2 weeks post weaning on intake, growth and health of piglets.
Among Pancosma portfolio,...
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The increasing need for animal-based food products is not a new challenge for Animal Producers, since during the last 30 years the human population has doubled. However, the current issues associated with this increase in demand are slightly more complicated. Specifically, the area of Animal Nutrition has been affected dramatically during the past 15 years by the ban on the usage of antibiotics growth promoters in some countries (Europe, Korea), the initiation of regulations...
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Better immunity and health Weaners must overcome several major challenges in the first 4 or 5 weeks after weaning: They must transition from sow's milk to creep feed They must build up their own immunity They must transition from highly digestible feed to more soya-based feed These challenges can be strenuous on a piglet's...
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Introduction
Infection is known to reduce the productive performance of animals. Pathogen-induce immune activation causes fever and reduces protein synthesis rates in skeletal muscle among other symptoms. In the gut, pathogens can cause diarrhea but its effect on nutrient digestibility is unknown. Our objective was to quantify dynamic changes in amino acid (AA) digestibility and endogenous nitrogen losses (ENL) during...
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ABSTRACT Diet formulation and feeding strategies may be used to boost the pigs´ immune system and reduce the negative impact of weaning. Post-weaning diarrhea can be reduced or prevented by feeding diets that have low concentrations of crude protein. Such diets may supply fewer amino acids than recommended and pig growth rate may be reduced, but if pigs are provided a diet with a normal or elevated...
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INTRODUCTION Antibiotics have been successfully used in animal production since their discovery for maintaining health and improving performance. However, the risk of bacteria acquiring resistance to specific antibiotics and antibiotic residues in meat led to a ban of antibiotics as growth promoters in European Union (EU) since January 2006. With increasing pressures of antibiotic resistance and food safety concerns, acceptance for the use of...
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On our pig farm, Surin Farm – Chiang Mai, Thailand, my Thai wife often takes a heavily leaved branch from a guava tree and throws it into a pen when the pigs have diarrhea. The pigs love to eat the leaves and most of the time within a day the pigs that had diarrhea are once again healthy. Out of curiosity I searched the internet and read about the June 2004 “Healthcare Use for Diarrhea and Dysentery” study where Kaljee L M (et al)...
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Introduction
The incidence of zearalenone (ZEA) contamination in animal feeds is increasing in many countries. Therefore, understanding the biological effects of ZEA in addition to its estrogenic effects in pigs becomes important for hog producers.
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Two experiments (EXP) were conducted to investigate the effects of...
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A unique two-year research project is being undertaken by Diamond V and the National Animal Disease Center (NADC) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) to examine the impact of antibiotics, dietary supplements, and stress on the microbial communities and host mucosal tissues of the swine intestinal ecosystem. The goal is to identify alternatives to traditional antibiotics for use in reducing the antibiotic...
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1. Introduction In recent decades, acidifiers have emerged as viable alternatives to antibiotics in swine diets, in order to stimulate optimal growth performance and prevent various enteric diseases. Antimicrobials have been used for more than 50 years to enhance growth performance and prevent various pig diseases (Gustafson & Bowen, 1997). There is growing public awareness of the relationship between the feed medication with antimicrobials as...
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INTRODUCTION Producing pigs without using antibiotic growth promoters represents a challenge. Disease problems often are elevated and general performance is compromised on farms practicing non-medicated swine production. That is true in particular during the immediate post-weaning period whereas antibiotics can often be removed from diets fed to growing-finishing swine without introducing major disease problems (Wierup, 2001)....
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