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Effects of meal or pellet diet form on finishing pig performance and carcass characteristics

[Nutrimail]

Diet pelleting improves pig performance during the finishing period; however, pellet quality may strongly depend on diet composition

Prevalence of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus and porcine circovirus type 2 in piglets after weaning on a commercial pig farm in Japan

To investigate the transition in concentration of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) and porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) and antibody for these viruses in serum, serum samples were collected from 29 pigs on weaning day and at 7, 14, 21, 28, 53, 84, and 120 days after weaning.

Prevalence and patterns of antimicrobial resistance in Campylobacter spp isolated from pigs reared under antimicrobial-free and conventional production methods in eight states in the Midwestern United States

[swine abstracts]

Biochemical and multiplex-PCR analyses were used to identify Campylobacter spp. The minimal inhibitory concentrations of erythromycin, azithromycin, ciprofloxacin, nalidixic acid, gentamicin, and tetracycline for these organisms were determined

Census structure (II)

[Management]

Carles Casanovas

Until now we have spoken about the general census structure of the herd, but in an ideal situation this optimum distribution should be put into practice in each of the productive batches of sows.

Efficacy of different commercial phytase sources and development of a phosphorus release curve

[Nutrimail]

Dietary available phosphorous may be predicted taking into account the phytase level in the diet

Different feed withdrawal times before slaughter influence caecal fermentation and faecal Salmonella shedding in pigs

[swine abstracts]

The effects of different pre-slaughter feed withdrawal times (FWT) on the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) weight and the gut environment of pigs and Salmonella shedding were investigated.