Articles - Nutrition

The pig industry needs to counteract concerns about climate change and provide evidence we are making efforts to minimize our environmental footprint.

How can we boost sow feed intake during lactation under heat stress conditions?

Sow feed intake pattern changes throughout the day depending on the season.

How does the number of pigs per feeder hole and the group size influence growth performance and ear and tail lesions?

Heat stress is estimated to have a cost in the US pig industry alone of around $300 million.

How does a sow's feed intake in the days prior to farrowing influence piglet birth and weaning weights?

Harmonization of short and long-term control of feed intake requires a finely tuned chemosensory system capable of communicating with the brain.

Deviations from the sow's normal consumption pattern during the lactation phase have important production implications.

What nutrients can we increase or decrease in piglet diets during lactation and after weaning to improve immune response and growth?

The three main causes suspected were a low level of vitamin E in sow diets, warfarin poisoning or thrombocytopenia purpura.

Although pigs are not particularly efficient in fermenting dietary fiber, fortunately a number of fiber degrading enzymes are available but it is important that the specific enzymes are matched to the substrate.

Does feeding time affect reproductive performance?

What nutrients can be provided to the sow to improve fetal growth, production of milk and colostrum and to modulate the inflammatory response.

How, when and why should feed be increased? what needs to be considered when drawing feed curves? first hand farmer experience from Can Ballau, answers these and other questions

Data sheet with nutritional values (table comparison) and most recent studies about sorghum.

What is the disease transmission risk that comes with importing raw materials? Many feed ingredients are produced in China.

The role of dietary fiber deserves consideration in finding new strategies to alleviate enteric problems, without the use of high zinc oxide levels.

Deficient levels of isoleucine in feed low in crude protein can compromise the growth and gain to feed ratio of piglets.

In addition to prophylactic measures, gilt nutrition plays a crucial role in the development of their health status. This review addresses different nutritional strategies to stimulate the immunological state during quarantine.

Data sheet with nutritional value (table comparison), production, trade, and most recent studies about animal plasma.

Additional nutrient supply via water is a quick tool in stressing periods.

Incorporating fibrous by-products in the feed reduces the emission of ammonium from manure and nitrous oxide in agricultural fields

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?

Fact sheet with the nutritional value (comparison of tables), production, trade and the most recent studies on maize.