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...
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...
Dr. Joe Loughmiller
j.loughmiller@phileo.lesaffre.com
Senior Swine Technical Services Manager
What is Heat Stress?
Heat stress occurs when a pig is unable to maintain a comfortable body temperature due...
Enteric bacterial infections, like swine dysentery, salmonellosis, and ileitis can be isolated from most swine herds. In fact, a pork producer can find such...
Dr. Joe Loughmiller Phileo by Lesaffre Swine Technical Services
What are nucleotides and when are they needed?
Nucleotides are the components of DNA and RNA in...
Genetic effort to improve
pork sensory traits
Dr. Chunyan Zhang, Genesus Geneticist
czhang@genesus.com
Pork quality is an important factor influencing consumers purchasing decisions. Consumers` willingness to pay more...
By Joe Loughmiller, PhD Phileo by Lesaffre
Background: Crop production, harvest and storage improvements have reduced the amount and number of mycotoxins in feed grains. ...
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”...
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This trial was conducted to determine the effects of an encapsulated butyric acid (ButiPEARL™) in the nursery phase of pig production...
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Funded By
National Pork Board
Immediately following weaning, pigs must adapt to multiple stressors such as transportation, handling, litter mixing, crowding, and delayed...