Colostrum yield is influenced by feeding strategy and sow body condition
Sows with high peripartal feeding show highest colostrum yield and better colostrum composition.
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EU research turning food waste into feed
The NOSHAN project will turn food waste – in particular fruit, vegetables and dairy – into animal feed, at low cost and, while keeping energy consumption low.
Flavour addition increases feed intake of lactating sows
Fruity flavor inclusion is better accepted by sows and piglets than sodium butyrate.
Dried citrus pulp to finishing pigs: performance and meat quality
High inclusion of citrus pulp improves palatability of pork products but decreases pig performance.
Different flavoured creep on piglet performance
Dietary novelty may be a method to stimulate early exploratory behaviour, feed intake and performance.
European Union: Commission adopts proposals to improve animal and human health
The Commission adopted proposals on veterinary medicinal products and medicated feed, to improve the health and wellbeing of animals, to tackle antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in the EU and to foster innovation.
PEDV RNA present in commercial spray-dried porcine plasma is not infectious to naïve pigs
The results indicates no evidence of infectivity of the PEDV RNA in the SDPP lot utilized.
Italy: slight drop in feed production
Italy is the fifth feed manufacturer in Europe, with a total invoicing of €7.3 billion.
Camelina cake: a suitable energy source for swine
Camelina cake may be an alternative energy source for swine diets but with low digestibility of AA and CP.
Contaminated complete feed as a vehicle for PEDV
Data on this article provide proof of concept that contaminated feed pellets (complete feed) can serve as a vehicle for PEDV infection of naïve pigs using natural feeding behavior.
Risk-benefit of the use of blood products and other animal proteins
The nutritional expected benefit of these products is very high but every precaution must be taken, especially to prevent introduction of PED and spreading of ASF.
United Kingdom: since 2010 there has been an improvement in the FCR
According to DEFRA, following improvements during the early 1990s, the FCR for the pig fattening herd increased (i.e. more feed required per unit increase in pig weight), albeit with some fluctuations, particularly in recent years.
Holland: feeds contaminated with furazolidone detected
The NVWA has closed off the cattle and pig farms on which the contaminated feeds have been found.
Feeding behavior of newly weaned piglets: implications for weaning practices?
Piglets have little difficulty finding the feeder but piglets that were not exposed to creep feed during lactation do not recognize the feed as food when weaned.
Control of the feed weight
We need to know, at all moments, which amount of feed are the sows eating, so we will weigh the feed at least once per week.
Applications of pig growth models
Growth models can be a useful tool for decision making, allowing us to consider, simultaneously, multiple variables and showing us trends when facing different alternatives.