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Thứ 7, 11/01/2025

Farmers struggle to treat pig waste

Vietnamese farmers want to raise pigs on large farms but have little experience in treating large amounts of livestock waste

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Sow diets supplementation of mannan oligosaccharide affects immune response of sows

Gestation and lactation dietary supplementation mannan oligosaccharide may improve sow and litter performance and immune response.

Glutamine, glutamic acid and nucleotide supplementation in weanling diets piglets

Glutamine, glutamic acid and nucleotide affect carbon turnover on stomach of weaned piglets.

'We were able to demonstrate that PRRSV virus can survive in DDGS…

US team reveal research about the potential for feed and feed ingredients to harbor and transmit viral pathogens.

‘Key challenge for the UK pork sector is litter size’

Litter size in UK pig production is the challenge – the number of pigs weaned per sow is below the EU average, despite a 2% hike seen in 2016.

Dietary net energy levels may boost feed efficiency

Reducing crude protein levels and monitoring dietary net energy levels may offer producers a way to improve feed efficiency in heavy pigs, say researchers.

Nutritional research focus of new Kent swine facility

Kent Nutrition Group is opening a swine research barn focusing on real-time assessment of nutritional research and ties between environmental conditions

Weanling pigs may see digestion bump from additive zinc oxide nanoparticles

Zinc oxide nanoparticles may offer a boost to feed, energy digestion for weanling pigs, but overall performance shows little change, say researchers.

DDGS may support nursery pig growth, performance when added to feed

Nursery pigs may maintain growth and performance when higher levels of dried distillers grains with solubles are added to their feed if diets are balanced

Amino acid may give piglets a boost

ARS scientists studying natural supplement as possible alternative to antibiotics for promoting pig health and growth.

Study shows higher protein levels in sow diets benefits litter

A study showed that increasing crude protein in sows’ diets to 135 g/kg feed or 850 g/d improved litter average daily gain (ADG) by increasing milk yield

Sow nutrition: We ‘probably don’t know enough’, says scientist

More research must be done to understand the complex needs of breeding sows if lifespan and performance are to be improved, say a genetics and breeding expert.