Nutritional strategies to promote intestinal health
Compilation of nutritional strategies for the management of gut health, grouped by functional additives, functional ingredients and diet modifications.
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Enzootic influenza: a balance between subpopulations and maternal antibodies
How is it possible that a virus that causes an acute infection in an animal can remain on a farm throughout time?
Photo of the week 11-Jan-2019
Question of the week 16-Jan-2019
PCV-2 genotype update and proposal of a new genotyping methodology
The suggested classification can establish a "common language" for future studies, further efforts should be paid to achieve a more homogeneous and informative representation of the PCV-2 global scenario.
PCV-2 genotype update and proposal of a new genotyping methodology
Pig health
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Nutritional strategies to promote intestinal health
Compilation of nutritional strategies for the management of gut health, grouped by functional additives, functional ingredients and diet modifications.
Enzootic influenza: a balance between subpopulations and maternal antibodies
How is it possible that a virus that causes an acute infection in an animal can remain on a farm throughout time?
PCV-2 genotype update and proposal of a new genotyping methodology
The suggested classification can establish a "common language" for future studies, further efforts should be paid to achieve a more homogeneous and informative representation of the PCV-2 global scenario.
PCV-2 genotype update and proposal of a new genotyping methodologyGenetically modified pigs are protected from classical swine fever virus
The study demonstrated that RNA interference (RNAi) technology combining CRISPR/Cas9 technology offered the possibility to produce TG animal with improved resistance to viral infection.
Genetically modified pigs are protected from CSFV
Economy
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Are abattoirs the ugly duckling? – Forecasts for 2019
The cornerstone of the Spanish pig sector is the extreme efficiency of its abattoirs and cutting rooms.
When demand is everything, prosperity is essential
Dennis DiPietre is increasingly convinced that 2019 is setting up to be the year of the great pork price mirage.
Nutrition
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Compilation of nutritional strategies for the management of gut health, grouped by functional additives, functional ingredients and diet modifications.
Copper: new legislation, practical consequences in post-weaning feed
As of August 13th, 2019, the maximum copper limit allowed in piglet feed will be reduced. Faced with this change, what nutritional strategies can I use?
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Determine the adequate amount of dietary phosphorous in growing-finishing pigs
Daily digestible phosphorous supply between 4.6 and 6.7 g fitting a 1.4:1 Ca:P ratio may be enough to achieve a proper growth rate pattern in lean growing-finishing pigs.
Determine the adequate amount of dietary phosphorous in growing-finishDietary limestone inclusion in weaned piglets and the effects on growth performance, intestinal microbiota and jejunal gene expression
High levels of limestone in weanling diets may affect piglet performance after weaning increasing colonic ecology and intestinal inflammatory response.
Dietary limestone inclusion in weaned piglets and the effects on growt
Weaning-to-service interval: not only non-productive days
It is not only related to NPDs, but it can also have a greater impact than we first thought.
Advances in artificial insemination in nulliparous sows
The morphological differences in the cervical wall and canal between multiparous and nulliparous sows require deep AI devices adapted to the characteristics of the nulliparous.
Piglets weaned per sow lifetime, the hidden index
One of the indices that is generating much interest is the one referred to the number of weaned piglets per sow lifetime (WSL). This index refers to the total number of piglets that a sow has weaned throughout its productive life.
Impact of light irradiation on preservation and function of mammalian spermatozoa
Mounting evidence indicates that light irradiation of mammalian spermatozoa (and of other animal species) increases their motility, capacitation and fertilizing ability, without causing any damage on the DNA.
Impact of light irradiation on preservation and function of spermatozoSperm membrane proteins associated with the boar semen cryopreservation
Boars sperm membrane proteins may explain differences in semen cryopreservation success, serving as freezability markers.
Sperm membrane proteins associated with the boar semen cryopreservatio
Management
HideWeaning-to-service interval: not only non-productive days
It is not only related to NPDs, but it can also have a greater impact than we first thought.
Can we apply principles of outdoor farming on an indoor unit? Cleaning & disinfection (I/II)
Despite its many limitations, outdoor farming is a different way of approaching pig production and it does have some management routines which should make us reflect when we tackle management and design of indoor farms.
Drip system to increase water consumption in the post-weaning phase
How to increase water consumption in piglets during the 2 to 3 days period after weaning using the piglet’s natural curiosity.
Obtaining colostrum from sows injected with long-acting oxytocin
Administer long-acting oxytocin to sows that have started farrowing to milk them more easily.
Drip system to increase water consumption in the post-weaning phase
How to increase water consumption in piglets during the 2 to 3 days period after weaning using the piglet’s natural curiosity.
The secret to ensure water quality: from its source to the final point
After the onset of problems, it brings back to our mind that perhaps water could be the source of our poor production results.
Fighting the heatwave...
Ventilation requires a high precision...
A very easy method for cleaning creep feeders
We explain a simple and easy method for cleaning creep feeders.
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