Pig

Feeding an all-vegetable diet to nursery pigs can be tricky but possible with careful consideration of all ingredients coming into the diet. All-vegetable diets...

Despite advancements in management and nutrition, post-weaning diarrhoea remains a prevalent and costly issue in piglets, leading to mortality, reduced growth rates, and increased...

Traditional methods of controlling post-weaning diarrhoea have been using zinc oxide at high doses (2500-3000mg/kg feed) together with antibiotics. While there are many benefits of using zinc oxide linked to improving gut health, there are more negative effects such as increasing antibiotics resistance, encouraging the selection...

Piglet morbidity and mortality are a major welfare concern and source of economic losses, with gastro-intestinal problems ranking amongst the highest causes. With the...

Intensive swine production systems have, for many years, utilised in-feed antibiotics and therapeutic levels of zinc oxide to support gastrointestinal health and animal performance....

New findings reveal that FRA® C12, known for its antiviral activity, could help support natural body defence. It improved sow and piglet performance on...

Well-designed sweeteners and flavours can mask off-flavours from plant-based proteins, promote positive feeding behaviour, and ensure sufficient nutrient intake during this vulnerable phase. Historically,...

Commercial piglets weaning implies sharp changes of the intestinal morphology and commensal gut microbiota. These changes can predispose piglets to post-weaning diarrhoea (PWD).

Flavours and sweeteners improve feed intake in piglets, especially during challenging transitions like weaning. A recent study found that incorporating a vanilla flavour with...

There is not a definition of what can be considered a healthy microbiota, and consequently a correct intestinal health, although a series of mechanisms...