Take home messages:
-Piglets are born with low body fat reserves and lose heat easily after birth. Cold piglets areless active, consume less colostrum and...
Source: PigHealthToday.com
The cause of high sow-mortality rates may be tough to determine, but producers can take steps to address the problems and lower rates,...
Simon Grey,
General Manager Russia, CIS and Europe, Genesus Inc.
Selection indexes in the Genesus Genetic Program are a measure of profitability. Genomic Estimated Breeding Values...
The purpose of the experiment was to assess the response of 10-kg pigs to diets containing increasing levels of dietary lysine when formulated on...
A trial managed by Carthage Innovation Swine Solutions (CISS) in the US found that the 100 percent natural oregano essential oil (OEO) feed additive,...
Key performance metrics for swine production include feed conversion, litters per sow per year, pigs per litter, and pounds of pork produced per sow...
Introduction
The porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) epidemic in 2013 – 2014 caused high morbidity and mortality for hog farmers throughout North America. Animal feed...
Dinesh Thekkoot PhD, Genesus Inc.
Pigs are polytochous animals, which means they produce multiple piglets in one farrowing. This evolutionary strategy is called “parental optimism”...
Abstract
Animal performance, feed efficiency, and overall health are heavily dependent on gut health. Changes in animal production systems and feed regulations away from the...
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Immediately following weaning, pigs must adapt to multiple stressors such as transportation, handling, litter mixing, crowding, and delayed...