Effects of dietary isoleucine and valine supplementation to excess or low leucine diets on...
Leucine is a key regulator that stimulates catabolism of branched-chain AA (BCAA; i.e., Leu, Ile, and Val) in skeletal muscle and liver. If diets...
Stop Piglet Scours In As Little as 4 Hours!
Stop Piglet Scours In As Little as 4 Hours!
MSP Resistant Starch is a cost-effective way to help develop and feed the piglet’s microbiome. Research...
Swine Behavior Studies: A Close Look at Tail Biting
By Dr. Yuzhi Li, Associate Professor of Swine Behavior and Alternative Production in the University of Minnesota Department of Animal Sciences.
Originally printed in The...
Demonstrated Prebiotic Applications
Natural events, government regulations, and changing consumer values all influence the production animal industry. In the case of the North American swine industry, these...
Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae genetic variability within swine production flows
ithin swine production flows
In this recent publication in the Canadian Journal of Veterinary Research, Dr. Alyssa Betlach from the MycoLab at the University of...
Effect of Phytogenic Feed Additives in Soybean Meal on In vitro Swine Fermentation for...
Abstract
The effect of different phytogenic feed additives on reducing odorous compounds in swine was investigated using in vitro fermentation and analyzed their microbial communities....
Genesus Global Technical Report, Impact of freeze-thaw process on meat quality genetic improvement
Dr Chunyan Zhang, Geneticist, Genesus Inc.
czhang@genesus.com
Meat is a major source of proteins that are necessary for human health. Consumers commonly freeze meat after purchasing...
Genesus Global Technical Report: Metafounders: The Future of Swine Genetic Evaluation
Everestus Akanno, PhD., Geneticist, Genesus Inc.
The breeding objective of nucleus swine breeding programs is to improve performance of commercial crossbred pigs. However, what appear...
Genesus Global Technical Report ,Factors Affecting Pre-weaning Piglet Mortality Part 2
By: Dinesh Thekkoot PhD, Genesus Inc.
Factors Affecting Preweaning Piglet Mortality
Part 1
Generally, it’s difficult to attribute a single cause to preweaning mortality (PWM). Various predisposing...
Evaporative Cooling
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Introduction
Evaporative cooling systems are used to reduce the indoor air temperature within animal housing during periods of warm weather.
An evaporative cooling...