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Alex Alonso Wang (Big Herdsman) shows their poultry and swine equipment, explaining the features and benefits of the layer cage and the sow pen, during the Avicola Porcinos Expo 2023 in Buenos Aires, Argentina....
Tyson Foods recently announced it will combine its Prepared Foods business unit with the company’s Growth organization. Melanie Boulden has been named Group President of Prepared Foods, an expansion of her current role as Chief Growth Officer at Tyson Foods. This approach will directly support the company’s vision and strategy focused on value creation, continued growth and the customer and consumer experience. Boulden will now oversee Tyson Foods’ broad retail, foodservice...
Universidad ISA (Instituto Superior de Agricultura)
The livestock sector is responsible for providing healthy food to society and ensuring their health. Production is changing parameters and values of productive performance due to the obligation to replace the therapeutic approach with a more holistic approach in which good nutrition is necessary to eliminate those practices that are...
Dai-wen CHEN from Sichuan Agricultural University in China, provides valuable insights into the profound relationship between nutrition and performance in swine....
Jeff Zimmerman (Iowa State University) discussed area density, models and prevention of diseases, during this Swine It interview with host Laura Greiner....
Lisa Becton (National Pork Board) talks about the painful experience of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea (PED), as well as the improvements made and the measures taken, during this Swine It interview with host Laura Greiner....
Bob Kemp (Genesus) offers his insights on pork meat quality and the market outlook, during this Swine It interview with host Laura Greiner....
Lisa Becton (National Pork Board) comments on the inspection of feed and different areas of risk, during this Swine It interview with host Laura Greiner....
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona - UAB
Background The process of microbial colonization of the gut after birth plays an important role in the development of the neonatal immune system of mammals with implications during their whole life [1]. Immediately after birth, environmental and maternal bacteria, including colonization via the vagina, nipple surface, and milk, quickly colonize the offspring gut and establish the initial microbiota of the piglet [2,3,4]. The intestinal microbiota protects against colonization by...
A total of 202 enterprises in China have approval licences for the production of vet APIs.
From the below chart, we can see that the regional distribution of vet APIs enterprises is mainly concentrated in the eastern and central regions of China, such as Shangdong, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Henan, Hebei, etc., However, there are no vet APIs production enterprises in several provincial regions such as Qinghai, Tibet, Hainan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Beijing, etc. The distribution of vet APIs...
Steve Pollmann (independent consultant, DSP Consulting) discusses housing, weaning age, heat stress and sow mortality rates, among other aspects, in this Engormix interview....
Nicholas Gabler (Iowa State University) shared his insights on applying knowledge to pig production, during this Swine It interview with host Márcio Gonçalves....
Dr. Locke Karriker (Iowa State University) comments on supply of antimicrobials, as well as widespread and better reporting, during this Swine It interview with host Laura Greiner....
Gordon Spronk (National Pork Board and Pipestone) comments on competition and a better understanding of the market, during this Swine It interview with host Márcio Gonçalves....
Dr. Locke Karriker (Iowa State University) talks about possible origins and the impact of globalization, as well as better use of antimicrobials, during this Swine It interview with host Laura Greiner....
Universidad de Murcia - España
Guillermo Ramis (University of Murcia) talks about achieving a successful liver transplant, during this Swine It interview with host Laura Greiner....
Pedro Urriola (University of Minnesota) discusses the need to plan ahead regarding ingredients, during this Swine It interview with host Laura Greiner....
University of Arkansas (USA)
Introduction The global population is anticipated to reach around 10 billion people by 2050. At the same time the global middle-class is growing significantly particularly in high populous countries such as China and India. The combination of these two factors places significant pressure on global food systems which must be capable of providing food and nutrition security in 2050. The next 30 years are arguably one of the most critical transitions in human history as we approach a...
Introduction: Consumers and important trade markets value meat without residues of antimicrobials. Preventive actions taken by the vet and the farmer are therefore essential to prevent presence of residues. This includes careful registration of use of antimicrobials, marking of treated animals, and compliance with withdrawal periods. Moreover, surveillance (own check and official samples) is needed to detect enough cases to encourage compliance. To identify causality,...
Introduction: The impact of PED outbreaks in the United States had led to a high level of awareness in the Netherlands. A baseline study in the Netherlands, conducted in the second half of 2014, confirmed the naïve status of the Dutch pig industry for PEDv. After the study was completed the first outbreak of PED occurred in the Netherlands in November 2014. Until April 2015 a total of 51 outbreaks was confirmed. These outbreaks of PED were caused by low virulent strains of...