Identifying ‘at risk’ piglets There is a critical relationship between piglet birth weight and pre-weaning mortality, several studies suggest....
Sewing the seed Earlier this year I attended a pig genetics event in China where one of the speakers declared, “in pig...
Quality colostrum boosts immunity transfer Colostrum consumption is crucial for piglets to survive lactation. Traditionally, the efficiency of the immune...
Artificial rearing affects piglets pre-weaning Artificial rearing impairs piglet behaviour, welfare and growth. That in short is the conclusion of joint Irish...
African Swine Fever The latest updates on the recent ASF outbreaks in Belgium and China, prevention, previous outbreaks and more.
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One more note on the Zero Zinc Summit… If there is one thing the Zero Zinc Summit in Denmark showed, it was that finding alternatives to zinc oxide is...
3 Lessons to reduce antimicrobials in pigs Pig farmers are under increasing pressure to reduce or eliminate antimicrobials from their production practices....
New protein can replace zinc with no extra costs Can complementary feeds replace zinc oxide without increasing antibiotic usage? Or production costs? A research...
Border control, Brazil and big data in Pig Progress 4 The 4th magazine issue of Pig Progress in 2019 is available. This issue we travel to Brazil, zoom in on the use...
Piglets Piglets are the future capital of every pig operation. However, newborn piglets are vulnerable to virtually...
Piglet health Nowhere in the pork production chain pigs are as vulnerable as when they are piglets. Challenges are everywhere....