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Chủ Nhật, 12/01/2025

Algae and clay to improve nutrient utilisation

A combination of algae extracts and clay minerals has shown to increase natural enzymatic digestion in the small intestine, a key factor for optimal nutrient

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Health is the biggest barrier for rearing gilts in the US

The U.S. swine industry is entering a new frontier that has the potential to lower herd-health risks from incoming gilts.

EU pig producers on high alert for African swine fever

The recent increase and spread of outbreaks of African swine fever in Central and Eastern Europe has prompted the authorities in a number of European Union

Major pig diseases in China

China is no different than other pig-producing areas; it is affected by well-known diseases that reduce productivity and profitability.

What causes secretory or nutritional diarrheas in piglets?

Pathogenic diarrheas are quite common, but they are often confused with non-pathogenic secretory diarrheas, which can be avoided by correct feed formulation

New method for quantifying pig methane emissions

Danish researchers have proposed a novel method that could help quantify methane emissions and degradation processes associated with manure management.

New Farrowing Feeding System

Nedap introduces ‘Farrowing Feeding’, a new system that provides a simple and trouble-free transition from traditional to fully automated feeding of sows

Smithfield profits up 60 percent for third quarter 2016

Smithfield Foods executives touted income and profit increases in their third quarter earnings conference call on October 26. Total operating profits increased

Smithfield acquires pork facilities and farms from Hormel

The purchase price for Clougherty Packing LLC was US$145 million in cash, subject to working capital adjustments at closing.

Smithfield’s new Ohio pig feed facilities to buy local grain

Pig producers’ feed purchasing and handling operations will buy from local grain farmers.

Pig feed middlemen dislike Smithfield’s farm-direct buys

Some US grain handlers dislike Smithfield Foods’ increasing purchase of animal feed grain directly from farmers and storage of that pig feed

Stabilized rice bran boosts antibiotic-free piglet growth

North Carolina State University researchers boosted piglet growth performance without antibiotics by including stabilized rice gran in the piglets’ feed