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Germany – Increase in numbers of slaughter hogs and piglets

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Although the German pig herd has shrunk over the past couple of years, German producers are importing increasing numbers of slaughter hogs and piglets from other countries, in particular Denmark.

Effects of dietary glycyl-glutamine on growth performance, small intestinal integrity, and immune responses of weaning piglets challenged with lipopolysaccharide

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Dietary glycyl-glutamine supplementation may alleviate the negative effects on growth and on the inmune system of a challege in early weaned piglets.

Quick test shows gut flora in piglets

When piglets are weaned from milk to solid food, their intestinal flora change, with a steep rise in the numbers of potentially harmful streptococci.

This finding has come out of research done by Odette Pérez Gutiérrez, who developed a micro-array called the PIT (pig intestinal tract) chip with which she can quickly scan six hundred different types of bacteria on a glass slide in the lab.
source: www.wur.nl

Comparison between computerised liquid feeding and ad libitum dry feeding for sows during lactation

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Liquid feeding during lactation may increase feed intake without affecting piglet performance

Body weight gain and nutrient utilization in starter pigs that are liquid-fed high-moisture corn-based diets supplemented with phytase

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Dietary phytase addition to liquid feeding weanling piglets may improve nutrient digestibility, bone strength and mineralization

Longitudinal field study to assess sow level risk factors associated with stillborn piglets

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The aim of this study was to identify risk factors for stillborn piglets at sow level in commercial pig herds in northern Belgium. In total, 545 sows of 22 pig herds were included in the study. Stillborn piglets were observed in 48.3% of the litters and the mean stillbirth rate of the sows was 7.5%.

Denmark - Stable exports of piglets

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Over the first four months of the year 2,438,000 piglets were exported and it is five percent more that during the same period of last year.
source: www.bpex.org.uk