Highlights
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The treatment of swine manure increased the bacterial diversity.
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Macrolide and rifamycin resistance genes were found in swine manure after treatment.
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Waste stabilization ponds failed to eliminate antimicrobial resistance genes.
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The bacterial composition of and the circulation of antimicrobial...
Introduction
Environmental enrichment provides an opportunity to improve the living conditions of farm animals. Current farming systems offer little stimulation, other than food and water and animals are often closely confined in groups (with relatively little space per animal). Such...
Some key associations show that selection for:
• Growth rate will not significantly improve pork quality traits
• Feed conversion decreases pork quality by making pork lighter in color
• Leaner carcasses will reduce marbling, increase cooking loss and paleness of hams
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Tonisity’s Isotonic Product Proven Effective in Reducing Mortality and Adverse Impacts of Deadly Virus on Swine
Tonisity International Limited (“Tonisity”), an animal health and nutrition company based in Ireland, is pleased to announce that its flagship product, Tonisity Px,...
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Summary
Several propagation routes drive animal disease dissemination, and among these routes, contaminated vehicles traveling between farms have been associated with indirect disease transmission. In this study, we used near-real-time vehicle movement data and vehicle cleaning efficacy to reconstruct the...
What if a PCR test could give us some information regarding the viability of the pathogen targeted? This new publication from the MycoLab led by Dr.s Albert Canturri and Maria Pieters, is sharing the development of a new mRNA-PCR...
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Flunixin meglumine is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug approved to manage pyrexia associated with swine respiratory disease. In the United States, no analgesic drugs are approved for use in swine by the FDA, although they are needed to manage painful...
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The recently emerged PRRSV 1-4-4 L1C variant (L1C.5) was in vivo and in vitro characterized in this study in comparison with three other contemporary 1-4-4 isolates (L1C.1, L1A, and L1H) and one 1-7-4 L1A isolate. Seventy-two 3-week-old PRRSV-naive pigs...
1United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Wildlife Services, National Feral Swine Damage Management Program, Fort Collins, CO, United States
2United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Veterinary Services, Center...
The olive oil tree (Olea europaea L.) contains hydrophilic and lipophilic bioactive compounds, which include flavones, phenolic acids, phenolic alcohols, secoiridoids, and hydroxycinnamic acid derivatives. These bioactive compounds have anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, and antioxidant properties, and therefore, olive-derived plant bioactive...