By I. Heinzl and S. Regragui Mazili
In contrast to humans, piglets do not receive any maternal immunoglobulins via the placenta. It is therefore of vital importance for these young animals to receive maternal antibodies via the colostrum as soon...
Dr. Joe Loughmiller
j.loughmiller@phileo.lesaffre.com
Senior Swine Technical Services Manager
What is Heat Stress?
Heat stress occurs when a pig is unable to maintain a comfortable body temperature due to high environmental heat and humidity. This becomes especially critical in larger pigs like sows...
Enteric bacterial infections, like swine dysentery, salmonellosis, and ileitis can be isolated from most swine herds. In fact, a pork producer can find such bacteria almost anywhere in a pig barn by collecting a fecal sample and having it...
Foster Sows – Economic or Not?
Simon Grey, General Manager Russia, CIS and Europe, Genesus Inc.
For many, leaving 10% to 20% farrowing crates empty because of big litters has become the norm, with many advisors and farm designers advocating the...
The intestinal microbiota is defined as a complex community of microorganisms of various species living in the digestive tract of animals. They represent the largest reservoir of mutual microorganisms. They interact with each other, with the external environment, and...
Briony M. Atkinson,
Bradley L. Bearson,
Crystal L. Loving,
Jeffrey J. Zimmerman,
Jalusa D. Kich &
Shawn M. D. Bearson
Porcine Health Management volume 5, Article number: 29 (2019)
Abstract
Salmonella is a leading cause of bacterial foodborne-related illness and pork products are a...
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Industry Summary: Swine production and manure management and storage have been implicated asa major and increasing source of ammonia (NH3) emissions in North Carolina, with increasing environmental impact. Further, reports have stated that ammonium (NH4+) deposition,...
Abstract
An experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of dietary lactose alone or in combination with dried milk-yeast product on growth performance, gastrointestinal microbiota, and immune parameters in weanling pigs. Pigs fed lactose and lactose with milk-yeast tended (P...
The overall objective of this endeavor was to develop and apply new tools and algorithms to swine diagnostic data as a means for enhancing the existing systems of monitoring the health of Iowa and US swine.
The number of porcine...
Effect of stall size, number of heat lamps during farrowing: Part 3
Suzanne M. Leonard, Brett C. Ramirez, North Carolina State University, Iowa State University | October 01, 2021
In this large-scale field study comparing three farrowing stall layouts (TSL –...