Pork Technical Library

Pathogen Profiles: Escherichia coli – what diseases does it cause in young pigs?

Pork Technical Advice 1 May, 2024, AM

In the last Pathogen Profiles (Asian Pork Magazine, March/April 2024), I introduced the Bacteria and described some of the feature of one of the most significant pathogens of pigs Escherichia coli.

Supplementary feeding during the suckling period to deliver lifetime gains

Pork Technical Advice 1 May, 2024, AM

Dr PHIL BOYD explains that using supplementary milk in addition to the solid creep feed, narrows the nutritional gap, providing better weaning weights and reduced in-litter weaning weight variation, and then better performance post-weaning.

Replacement of soybean meal with ﬁeld peas in the diets of ﬁnishing pigs

Pork Technical Advice 1 May, 2024, AM

WILLIAM RILEY, LA VAN KINH, NGUYEN VU THUY HONG LOAN, LA THI THANH HUYEN and LE DUC NGOAN investigate the efficacy of pea meal as a replacement for soybean meal in finisher pig diets on growth performance, carcass traits, and meat quality, under Vietnamese husbandry conditions.

Efficacy of an isotonic protein solution against porcine epidemic diarrhea confirmed

Pork Technical Advice 1 May, 2024, AM

MATHIEU CORTYL presents a trial that confirms that an isotonic protein solution significantly reduced Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus shedding, maintained intestinal tissue integrity, and modulated the immune response and tissue repair.

Pathogen Profiles – Escherichia coli

Pork Technical Advice 1 March, 2024, AM

Dr MATHEUS COSTA describes Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus, which is recognized as an emerging pathogen of several warm-blooded hosts, including swine and humans, and is associated with sudden deaths, increased abortion rates and septicaemia.