Breed cards: Apulo-Calabrese Pig
History and current status of Apulo-Calabrese pig breed, one of the Italian autochthonous pig breeds.
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Photo of the week 19-Jul-2019
Biosecurity
Showers are one of the key points for biosecurity on the farms, but...
Question of the week 17-Jul-2019
Pig castration: Where are we at in finding alternatives?
The easy and realistic solution is to produce entire boars or to immunocastrate. However, there are countries who are leaning more toward anesthesia.
Pig castration: Where are we at in finding alternatives?Pig health
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Biosecurity
Showers are one of the key points for biosecurity on the farms, but...
333 visits Yangxiang with José Manuel Sánchez Vizcaíno
Yangxiang, one of the top 10 pork producers in China, is making a great effort to control and contain ASF in the country.
Effect of antimicrobial administration at birth on prevalence of antimicrobial resistance genes in piglets
These results could open the door to new perspectives on the utility of early life antimicrobial administration to healthy neonates in swine management systems.
Antimicrobial administration at birth on prevalence of ARGs in pigletsThe dynamics of the antibiotic resistome in the feces of weaned pigs following administration of oxytetracycline
In this study, shotgun metagenomics was employed to monitor the effect of oxytetracycline, administered at a therapeutic dose, on the dynamics of the microbiota and resistome in the feces of weaned pigs.
The dynamics of the antibiotic resistome in the feces of weaned pigs f
Economy
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333 users are optimistic about the 2019 maximum price of pigs
A grand majority of countries expect maximum prices much higher than those recorded in the last three years.
Troubles come treading on each other's heels
Floods, African swine fever, tariffs war, heat waves, and some more issues... How will they affect the once-in-a-lifetime profit-palooza that many pork industry participants hoped for earlier?
Nutrition
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Fiber in the diet is important for farrowing performance and colostrum production
The fiber in the diet improves the colostrum yield of sows and it helps reducing farrowing length. But... how many grams of fiber are recommended to be supplied to the sows during last week prior to farrowing?
Feeding Systems for Lactating Sows (I)
How to achieve the 6 kg average daily intake that today's high-producing lactating sows need?
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The effect of dietary coated cysteamine hydrochloride on meat quality in growing-finishing pigs
Dietary cysteamine hydrochloride supplementation in finishing pigs may promote the stability of pork color by reducing oxidation.
The effect of dietary coated cysteamine hydrochloride on meat qualityB. licheniformis and B. subtilis complex on performance, digestibility, faecal microbiota and noxious gas emissions in pigs
Dietary B. licheniformis and B. subtilis supplementation may reduce noxious gas emissions in growing pigs.
B. licheniformis and B. subtilis complex on performance, digestibilityBreed cards: Apulo-Calabrese Pig
History and current status of Apulo-Calabrese pig breed, one of the Italian autochthonous pig breeds.
The role of your farm on the sows' reproductive potential (2/2)
What is more important: the farm or genetics?
Breed cards: Bísaro pig
The history and current status of Bísaro pig, a Portuguese native breed belonging to the Celtic line.
The role of your farm on the sows' reproductive potential (1/2)
Is it worth to purchase hyperprolific sows for my farm?
Management
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Pig castration: Where are we at in finding alternatives?
The easy and realistic solution is to produce entire boars or to immunocastrate. However, there are countries who are leaning more toward anesthesia.
Environmental enrichment
We present you the latest in environmental enrichment techniques.
How can I stop the routine tail-docking of piglets?
The European regulations state that before docking tails other measures that prevent tail-biting must be implemented, and therefore a thorough risk analysis must be carried out on each farm.
An image is worth a thousand words... and even more when talking about farm biosecurity
Three videos that illustrate how to make an appropriate transition between several key clean and dirty zones.
SWINE NEWS
- 16JulEU: ministers emphasised the need for a uniform application of animal transport rules
- 15JulFVE calls to prevent suffering of animals during long distance transports
- 22MayNorthern Ireland: new guide to help farmers improve the environment by reducing ammonia emissions
- 20MayChile: Handbook on good animal welfare management practices in pig production
Biosecurity
Showers are one of the key points for biosecurity on the farms, but...
Biosecurity in load-ins and load-outs. Minimizing the unavoidable risk of animal movement
Key considerations for the design of biosecure and practical pig loading chutes that will minimize disease transmission during the animal movement process.
Environmental enrichment
We present you the latest in environmental enrichment techniques.
Feeding Systems for Lactating Sows (I)
How to achieve the 6 kg average daily intake that today's high-producing lactating sows need?
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