Reduced growth and less efficient use of nutrients is found in sub-clinical disease. Health and nutrient requirements need to be better understood now that in-feed antibiotics have been eliminated. The efficiency of utilization of dietary threonine for growth in...
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Fall and winter pose new challenges as well as opportunities to enhance biosecurity protocols on the farm.
Viral challenges like Avian Influenza (AI), Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) and Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea (PEDv) are sometimes referred...
Simon Grey, General Manager Europe, Genesus Inc.
On my travels, I meet many farmers. One thing they are all getting increasingly sick and tiered of is dead pigs and cannibalism, more now than ever due to staff shortages almost everywhere.
The...
Jeff Odle
LANXESS Corporation, Actives and Disinfectants, Pittsburgh, PA
Introduction
The swine industry in the United States was poised to have an excellent 2020 with new trade agreements in place with China, Japan, Korea, Mexico and Canada. Unfortunately, the COVID 19 pandemic...
Authored by Mark Joseph Estienne, Swine Research Physiologist, Animal Sciences, Virginia Tech; and Richard Tyler Niblett, Graduate Student, Animal Sciences, Virginia Tech
Introduction
Continued improvements in genetic selection and management have enabled the U.S. pork industry to be extremely successful in...
This recent publication by former MSHMP post-doc Dr. Carles Vilalta compares various sample types used to assess PRRS status of piglets at the litter level. The paper is available in the Preventive Veterinary Medicine journal.
Methods
Samples were collected from a...
Garth Braun, General Manager
at Canadian Centre of Gene Transfer – Genesus Inc.
One must consider the boar as a very important part of the farm’s reproduction success, so special attention is needed when it comes to boar management, considering nutrition, vaccinations...
Digestibility experiments have been conducted to determine the nutritional value of an enhanced torula yeast derived from forestry by-products. Results of these experiments indicated that enhanced torula yeast has a greater digestibility of amino acids and P than fish...
Jay Harmon, Dana Schweitzer
Understanding energy consumption in swine facilities can help managers know how much energy is being used and how much should be used. Tools for calculating optimal energy use are included in the publication, as well...
Abstract
A total of 4,318 pigs (337×1050, PIC; initially 6.5±0.08kg) were used in a 35-d trial to evaluate dietary mycotoxin control strategies on nursery pig performance and blood measures. Pigs were weaned at 21-d of age and randomly allotted to...