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INTRODUCTION The weaning process exposes pigs to a multitude of stressors such as dietary and environmental changes, social stress, and an unpredictable array of pathogens. The combination of these stressors typically results in reduced growth rate and feed intake as well as impaired function and integrity of the gut (Lallès et al., 2004; Pluske, 2013; Li et al., 2019). Further, the immune system of a weaned pig is still undergoing development, increasing their...
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Wes Schweer (Zinpro) talked about different treatment and management situations when this occurs, in this Swine It interview with host Laura Greiner....
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1. Introduction The intestinal epithelium is a major interface with the outside world. This interface is separated from the body’s internal milieu by a single layer of epithelial cells consisting of absorptive enterocytes, goblet, enteroendocrine and Paneth cells. These cells are exposed, at the apical domain, to an external environment that is continuously changing by types and amounts of microorganisms, microbial products, gastrointestinal secretions and potentially...
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Andrea Toschi (University of Bologna) discussed gut chemosensing in weaning piglets and the effects of thymol, during the 8th Symposium on Gut Health in Production of Food Animals in St. Louis, USA....
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1. Introduction The microbiota plays important roles on the maturation of the intestine and immune system and consequently affects the health of the host [1,2]. The physicochemical properties and the direct interaction with intestinal cells lead to a distinguishable composition of the microbiota along the gastrointestinal tract [3–5]. The microbiota in the intestinal lumen is more related to dietary compounds, whereas the mucosa-associated microbiota directly interacts...
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Phileo’s first global virtual event giving easy access to top talks on microbiota
Marquette, France (May 23, 2022) – It’s with great pleasure that we announce the upcoming Phileo Microbiota Days June, 14–15, 2022. This virtual...
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Non-starch polysaccharides are polymeric carbohydrates that are different from starch. NSP cannot be digested by the animals because they are cross-linked (a cross-link is a bond that links one polymer chain to another)....
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How important is the pig’s microbiome? The intestinal microbiota plays a major role in the development of the immune system, the stability of the digestive process and intestinal health. All of these are prerequisites for the overall performance and animal health. The microbiome should therefore be nurtured. The microbiome is a highly dynamic process and changes drastically in its composition from the day the piglet is born. Right...
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INTRODUCTION One of the greatest challenges in optimizing growth performance and health of newly weaned pigs is to overcome low and variable feed consumption which adversely affects gastrointestinal health during this critical transition period on commercial swine farms (Pluske et al., 1997; Langendijk et al. 2007; Dong and Pluske, 2007). Therefore, dietary interventions that encourage faster adaptation and greater feed consumption, while also improving energy and...
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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, improved animal health status, and an overall enhancement in production efficiency (1, 2). However, due to concerns of antimicrobial resistance and its consequences to human health, the entire food-producing industry is under pressure to remove antibiotics from animal production...
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Immunometabolism is the study of immunity and metabolism as an integrated system. The prototypical organ for such study is the gut. Central to the proper and optimum functioning of the gut, thus its immunometabolism, is the microbiota. Often the microbiota is considered only in the context of what functions, molecules and signals it provides to the host. However, the interactions between the host and microbiota must fundamentally be understood as bidirectional communication. In the realm of...
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Introduction: Enteric infections cause economic losses in pig production. Increases in costs are associated with reduced average daily gain (ADG), increased mortality rate and increased in use of antibiotics. Porcine proliferative enteropathies (PPE), swine dysentery (SD), porcine spirochetosis and salmonellosis are enteric diseases caused by L. intracellularis (LI), B. hyodysenteriae (BH), B. pilosicoli (BP) and Salmonella enterica ...
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Introduction: Brachyspira hyodysenteriae is the aetiologic agent of swine dysentery (SD), an infectious disease that affects growing and fattening pigs causing severe bloody diarrhoea and haemorrhagic colitis. Brachyspira pilosicoli causes a non-fatal and non-bloody milder catarrhal colitis named porcine intestinal spirochaetosis (PIS) in young pigs. Our purpose has been to determine the prevalence of these two spirochaetes in Spanish farms with...
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INTRODUCTION According to new concepts about human health and increase on protein demand there was significant improvement in carcass quality of pigs to supply market which seeks a pork lean meat. Thus, it should be considered some conditions that impose changes in nutritional requirements of pigs, such as genetic potential for meat production, gender and age for maximal performance. Amino acid levels in most of diets are recommended from the data reviewed (National...
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Digestive capability of young animals is different when compared to adult growing pigs and chickens. In this TechTalk, Ermin Magtagnob, Novus Technical Services Manager from Southeast Asia and Pacific, discusses how protease enzymes can assist in managing gut health problems associated with undigested proteins....
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Copper is very useful for young animals’ gut health, particularly for the integrity of the small intestine. In this final Young Animal TechTalk, Matthew Bekker, Technical Services Manager for Novus Southeast Asia and Pacific, shares how copper in chelated form is highly valuable to chick’s and piglet’s epithelial cells and villous structure....
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Early nutrition and feeding play a very important role to modulate the immature immune system of chicks and piglets. In this TechTalk, Teera Tiyasatkulkovit, Technical Services Manager for Novus Southeast Asia and Pacific, talks about how essential oils can complement the animal’s innate immune system and enhance their adaptive immune system to protect young animals and support their growth....
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Introduction: Mesocolon edema syndrome is recognized as a common cause of diarrhea in pigs less than 2 weeks of age, and has been associated with neonatal colonization by Clostridium difficile , C. perfringens , or often as a combined infection. In the United States, C. perfringens type A is increasing in prevalence, but C. difficile colonization and subsequent enterotoxemia is still an important cause of the syndrome. In this study, we directly...
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