Breakfast cereals are usually consumed with milk as a breakfast meal. To meet requirements for amino acids (AA), higher quality proteins are needed to...
Introduction
Physiological changes associated with immediate pre-slaughter stresses, i.e. increased exsanguination blood lactate concentration, have been shown to have detrimental effects on pork quality causing...
swine farms
We hope all our US readers had a great Memorial Day weekend. Today, we are talking about farm practices and flu in farm...
In this recent publication from the Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation, Dr. Matt Sturos from the UMN Veterinary Diagnostic Lab shares a case report...
Soybean meal (SBM) is the major source of amino acids in diets for swine throughout the world. However, in addition to providing indispensable amino...
Source: PigHealthToday.com
Porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) is the principal etiological agent of porcine circovirus associated disease (PCVAD), which can cost producers an estimated $3...
A Microbiology Professor with the University of Guelph says many of the discoveries related to the gut microbiome of humans can be applied to...
Recent research conducted at the University of Illinois Swine Research Center demonstrated positive effects of feeding copper hydroxychloride to weanling pigs, including improved growth...
García *1, G.; Jordà 1, R.; Alvarez 1, G.; Bernal 1, I.; Nodar 1, L.
1HIPRA, Amer (Girona), Spain
*Corresponding author: gonzalo.garcia@hipra.com
Background & Objectives
Oedema disease (OD)...
Fig. 1. Map of 30 pork processing plants accounting for slaughter of >95% of PQA Plus pigs in the United States. Locations submitting samples...