Live yeast appears effective against E. coli in weaners Usage of live yeast strains can help reduce the effect of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC), Italian...
Sodium butyrate in piglet feed reduces diarrhoea One of the benefits of adding sodium butyrate in the feed of piglets is the reduction of post weaning diarrhoea,...
Overdosing zinc could lead to antibiotic resistance Overdosing zinc in feed for just-weaned piglets could encourage the occurrence of drug resistant bacteria. This...
Pig experts in China zooming in on nursery diets A recent seminar in Zhengzhou City, Henan province, China, zoomed in on various dietary issues, including how to...
Antibiotic reduction solutions - key in next decade Professionals in the animal industry seem to be looking forward to innovations that will help them reduce the...
Brazil: Virbac to distribute vaccine to prevent... Virbac, the 8th largest veterinarian pharmaceutical group worldwide, has concluded an exclusive Distribution and...
Antimicrobial resistance and virulence in pig E.coli... Studies of multi-drug resistant (MDR) E.coli in Australia indicate a high probability of strain and plasmid...
Less protein in weaned piglet diet means healthier GI-tract Feeding a diet with a decreased protein content reduces both nitrogen content in the gastrointestinal tract and...
Australia: Research on reducing PWD in piglets Australia's Pork Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) has found a positive link between feeding encapsulated Zinc...
Blog: Ranking of antimicrobials in pig production The European Commission (EC) has asked the European Medicines Agency (EMA) to look at ranking of antibiotics in...
BLOG: Antimicrobial use monitoring – what is the best... Following on from my last weblog, how should we move forward with monitoring of antimicrobial use in pigs in the...
Control of Escherichia coli associated diarrhoea (Special... Escherichia coli is one of the most important causes of diarrhoea in piglets. As immunisation of the sow with...
Non-selective advantage against PWD Post-weaning diarrhoea (PWD) is common in newly weaned pigs. A company in Western Australia has developed a new...