Feed and nutrition

A new study published in Porcine Health Management evaluates the ability of zinc chelate to improve general clinical signs associated with swine dysentery while improving average daily weight gain.

Scientists working on behalf of Swine Innovation Porc are investigating the value of using functional amino acids to improve gut health and increase the productivity and profitability of swine.

Devan Paulus Compart, ruminant feed additive researcher at Land O'Lakes, shared trends in the feed additive industry and described how to best use research to change farmer perceptions of feed additives at the Livestock Microbiome & Nutritional Health Congress in Chicago.…

Next in the Small-scale pig keeping series, Dr Michaela Giles explains just how important water is for raising happy, healthy pigs.

The Executive Director of the Swine Health Information Center says protein content appears to be one of the factors that influences the survivability of disease causing pathogens in feed ingredients.

Most grains used as feed raw materials are susceptible to mycotoxin contamination. These toxic secondary metabolites are produced by fungi before or after harvest and cause severe economic losses all along agricultural v…

The study, published in Scientific Reports in December 2019, showed that reducing the crude protein of pig diets by 20 percent resulted in only small differences in ham quality.

Good gut health can reduce pig mortality, improve weight gain and enhance welfare. It's a complicated topic, but understanding it can directly translate to happier, healthier and faster-growing pigs.

The Young Animal Nutrition Summit was held on 3 to 4 March in Amsterdam

An effective biosecurity strategy is not a stagnant process. It is continuously influenced by changes in pig-flows, disease pressures, virus evolution, emerging health issues and more. One such example is porcine epidemi…

Dr Michaela Giles continues her small-scale pig keeping series with tips and tricks on how to prevent parasite build-up in outdoor, extensive rearing systems.

US pork producers are calling on the Secretary of Agriculture to restrict the import of organic soy products from ASF-positive countries.

Pork Checkoff reports that the new recommendation is to hold conventional soybean meal an average of 125 days from when it is “born” or packaged, up from only 52 days determined in previous research.

EW Nutrition USA has selected its CEO, Scott Moore, an experienced top player in the animal health and nutrition industry. He was earlier this month appointed to lead the German-based company into a new decade of expansion through improved customer-centric solutions.…

New research shows that providing 500g of straw per pig per day in concrete-floored group pens can improve average daily weight gains by 40g per pig through improved welfare, improved gut health and increased feed intake.…

Hamlet Protein, multinational leader in vegetable protein speciality ingredients for young animals, recently participated in major tradeshows in the US to address swine and poultry markets.

African swine fever (ASF) continues to decimate domestic and wild swine herds across Europe, Asia and Africa, and now threatens to move further west. We speak to one expert about the invention of novel methods to protect naïve pig herds from an ASF epidemic.…

In their latest report, Deep cleaning farm drinking systems: a shock water treatment guide, AHDB lays out the steps required to deep clean farm drinking systems to prevent bacteria-related disease.

Experts from Iowa State University's Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine department answer your questions on ractopamine use in growing pigs and show pigs.

Targeting farmers in Mashonaland West and Mashonaland East provinces, the Zimbabwe Agricultural Growth Programme has attracted almost 1000 producers, with women constituting 37 percent of the total.