The use of prebiotics and probiotics in livestock and poultry diets has become a common practice — and for good reason.1,2,3,4 Increased attention to and...
This study compared pre-weaning exposure to environmental enrichment or not, and three slat-compatible enrichment replenishment strategies for pigs post-weaning. Forty-eight mixed-sex pens (six males...
This is our Friday rubric: every week a new Science Page from the Bob Morrison’s Swine Health Monitoring Project. The previous editions of the science page are...
Play behaviour has been associated with excitement and fun, suggesting that playing animals experience pleasurable states. To determine if the provision of play opportunities...
Simple Summary
Monitoring pathogens is essential to prevent, control and eliminate pathogens in the swine production systems. Postmortem tongue fluids collected from dead pigs are...
Abstract
African swine fever (ASF), an economically damaging disease in domestic pigs, has emerged in Vietnam since 2019. Vietnam is the only country granted licenses...
Introduction
Various feed additives are often added to nursery pig diets to improve performance and health outcomes. Live yeast and yeast-derived products such as yeast...
As the production of pistachios grows globally, more co-products are produced every year. Pistachio blanks are pistachio fruits that float in water because the...
Abstract
Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) is an endemic disease affecting the swine industry. The disease is caused by the PRRS virus (PRRSV). Despite...
Abstract: Pathogenicity and transmissibility of bovine-derived HPAI H5N1 B3.13 virus in pigs
Since the first emergence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 viruses in...