Pig Health & Disease: Page 68

Antibiotic-free Production

How gut health promotes animal welfare in monogastrics

Nutritionists can support animal welfare standards by focusing on improving poultry, pig gut health and immunity.

Swine

Exhibition connects Chinese pig producers, industry

World Swine Industry Expo is China’s premier pig professional exposition. The event, also known as SwineWorld, is organized in collaboration with the largest swine conference in Asia, Leman China.

Feed Production by Region

25th IPVS Congress to debut in China’s Chongqing

The 25th International Pig Veterinary Society (IPVS) Congress will be held in Chongqing, China, June 11-14, 2018. The 2018 International Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Symposium (IPRRS2018) will be held simultaneously, making it a unique edition for the IPVS Congress.

Pig Health & Disease

Nutriad presents AGP alternatives

Nutriad showcased its program for responsible use of antibiotics and efficient mycotoxin management at Indo Livestock 2017 in Indonesia.

Swine

How to use medium-chain fatty acids in pig diets

Pig gut health suffers during times of stress. This leaves them susceptible to disease, as well as having a negative effect on growth. Medium chain fatty acids are known to have antibacterial activity and their benefit on performance makes them a useful tool in antibiotic-free production.

Biosecurity

Biosecurity key to preventing PED virus spread in winter

During winter, it is important to remember that porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) virus thrives in cold weather.

Poultry Health & Disease

How to naturally improve pig, poultry health status

Antibiotic usage is a hot topic in agriculture, particularly in terms of resistance and legislation. Focusing on management and nutrition can go along way to improving the health status of pigs and poultry. Practical and measurable interventions mean that performance is maintained or even improved without the need for antibiotics

PEDv

IPVS 2016: diseases, legislation among top concerns

I'm back from Dublin, Ireland, and the International Pig Veterinary Society Congress (IPVS) 2016 conference, and it is a good time to reflect on what impressed me the most at this all-veterinarian event.

Ingredients

Pharmgate Animal Health Aivlosin premix

Pharmgate Animal Health Aivlosin premix is a 17% Tylvalosin Type A Medicated Article for the control of porcine proliferative enteritis (PPE) associated with Lawsonia intracellularis infection in swine.

Swine

Pig gut health: Understanding the role of threonine

In pig diets, threonine is an amino acid essential for growth, but also for the proper functioning of the immune system. This latter function requires further understanding.

Animal Feed Regulations & Safety

Winter PEDv prevention: A focus on biosecurity

Heightened biosecurity measures are a feed mill’s first line of defense in fighting against the spread of porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) virus.

PEDv

OIE finds no link between PEDv, pig blood products

The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) has confirmed that, contrary to earlier reports, pig blood products such as dried plasma are not a likely source of infectious porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) virus, provided that good manufacturing practices and biosecurity standards are followed.

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