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Todd Thurman (Swine Insights International) speaks on issues that COVID, disease outbreaks, and other changes have created in the animal industry, as well as possible solutions through innovation and creative thinking, in this Engormix interview....
In this Engormix interview, Todd Thurman (Swine Insights International) explains how to keep the best balance between different goals: genetic progress and commercial production....
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....
Brian Aldridge (University of Illinois) shares insights on the environmental, nutritional, and maternal factors that affect the microbiome of different animals, during the 11th Symposium on Gut Health in Production of Food Animals in St. Louis, USA....
In this Engormix interview, Todd Thurman (Swine Insights International) comments on the need for accurate and timely information to make important decisions, such as culling, and how artificial intelligence can help....
Poultry Health Research Network
Introduction: Smallholder pig farmers in east Africa typically wean pigs at 6 to 8 weeks. Farmers report that commercially prepared pig diets are too expensive and therefore typically feed forage and food waste. This results in low average daily gain (ADG), especially for the newly weaned pig. The objective was to describe the weaning weights of local and crossbred Ugandan pigs purchased from smallholder farmers and to compare the growth rate of the pigs fed forage- or...
Jeff Zimmerman (Iowa State University) discussed area density, models and prevention of diseases, during this Swine It interview with host Laura Greiner....
Introduction: Intervention to a PED break includes initiating a multi-facet program focusing on a planned whole herd exposure, biosecurity and sanitation protocol with the goal of PED elimination. There is no literature following a group of individual sows and gilts over a years’ time to measure fecal shedding, antibody levels and impact on performance. The objectives of this project were to evaluate: 1) Duration of shedding in individual sows 2) Individual sow antibody...
Katherine Vande Pol (University of Illinois) shared her insights on piglet birth weight and recent results, during this Swine It interview with host Laura Greiner....
Mike Tokach (Kansas State University) shared his insights on feed costs and how useful data is in evaluating performance, during this Swine It interview with host Laura Greiner....
Paul Yeske and Ryan Strobel (Swine Vet Center) discuss the obligation of containment when there are positive cases and the measures to take, 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....
Wageningen University & Research
Introduction Maintenance of general health and prevention of infectious diseases are critically dependent on intestinal homeostasis and proper immune competence. In this regard, early colonization of the gut by microbiota as well as the concomitant development of the intestinal immune system has been proven to be important [1,2,3]. Immediately after birth, the intestine is colonized by bacteria derived from maternal and environmental sources [4,5]. During the early-life period, the...
Steve Pollmann (independent consultant, DSP Consulting) discusses spacing, summer weight loss, castration and feed costs, in this Engormix interview....
Steve Pollmann (independent consultant, DSP Consulting) discusses housing, weaning age, heat stress and sow mortality rates, among other aspects, in this Engormix interview....
Introduction The application and distribution of manure on croplands is influenced by the relief and geographical position of farms and the size of the area, being limited to certain times of the year depending on weather conditions (Hodgson et al., 2016; Broetto & Meinerz, 2017). Therefore, until its disposal, manure needs to be kept in a suitable storage structure and to be correctly managed, which requires understanding the basic types of bacteria present in it. According...
Katherine Vande Pol (University of Illinois) talked about her research on spacing alternatives during gestation and how it impacts the feeding system, during this Swine It interview with host Laura Greiner....
Mike Tokach (Kansas State University) shared his insights on sow feeds and feeders, in this Swine It interview with host Laura Greiner....
Introduction: Food-borne disease caused by Salmonella spp. is an important public health problem. The antimicrobial resistance causes failure of regular therapy and increases the cost of treatment. Salmonella-free carcasses at the slaughterhouse may not happen because there are many stages where workers, liver, intestine, and pig carcasses can be contaminated.Food-borne disease caused by Salmonella spp. is an important public health problem. The antimicrobial resistance causes...
Introduction: Salmonella is a major food safety hazard applied to one health. Salmonella infection in pig farms may lead to health problems for farm workers, visitors and consumers of farm produce. In this study, prevalence of Salmonella spp. isolated from workers and pigs at farms at Nong-BuaLumphu province, Northeastern of Thailand was determined and antimicrobial susceptibility was assessed. Materials and Methods: A total of 123 samples from workers and...