Pig

Zinc Oxide (ZnO) time is running out. Rational use of antibiotics and growth promoters moves the focus from pharmacology to functional ingredients. Spray dried plasma and egg powder are successfully used as excellent nutritional ingredients, preventing post-weaning diarrhea, improving...

There is not one single product that can replace the current use of Zinc Oxide. A ZnO free pig production requires improvements in many fields that include farm management, biosecurity, genetics, the health status of the pig and diet composition. Fiber can become a vital part of ZnO free piglet diets.

Hamlet Protein, global producer of specialty ingredients for young animal nutrition, supported Danbred, one of the world’s leading international pig breeding companies, on writing a feeding manual.

SKIOLD Group signed a contract with KH Lin Farm for a complete turnkey pig farm, designed by SKIOLD. The farm includes a 1500 sow farm for finishing, and two farms for further 1200 sows with finisher production.

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

Since decades nutritionists all over the world are using dietary fibers in animal nutrition to optimize performance. In the early years of the 21st century the industry started to focus more on the prebiotic aspects of certain fiber and sugar combinations. This is what is called the second generation of fibers.

Trouw Nutrition researchers found that adding hydroxychloride copper (IntelliBond®) to swine diets could help improve growth performance and reduce negative interactions between copper and added vitamins or enzymes. The use of high levels of copper also was found to limit the overgrowth of unwanted bacteria helping to manage gut health, increasing average daily gain (ADG) throughout production and improving hot carcass weight.

Rabobank published “African Swine Fever: A Global Update - Ongoing Change in Global Pork Markets in 2021” report in March. The report highlights the impacts of ASF on the global pig trade and the position of countries.

Reducing post-weaning stress at the farm can lead to higher product quality, less losses and ultimately higher productivity. This article introduces promising strategies to...

Increxxa™ (tulathromycin injection) approved by FDA for U.S. cattle and swine producers and veterinarians.