Are in-feed antibiotics necessary for weaner pigs? The removal of antibiotics from the feed of weaner pigs has been found to have minimal effects on health and...
Danes search for alternatives to Zn and Cu in weaners Danish researchers have started a large search in order to discover and describe concepts to find alternatives...
"Weaner vaccination does not lower antibiotic use" Vaccination of weaner pigs has been observed not to correlate with lower antibiotics usage.
Danish Swine Congress: Detecting piglet diarrhoea Novel ways of early diarrhoea detection in weaner pigs received attention at the second day of this year’s...
EU weaner prices recovering EU weaner prices have begun to recover seasonally, boosted by firming finished pig prices, but are still well...
UK: Massive savings from monitoring piggeries A 5-10 day reduction in finishing time, an 80% cut in water waste, a 50% saving in fossil fuel use and...
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...
BPEX Practical Pig App – new range of video clips The BPEX Practical Pig App has doubled in size with a new range of video clips added for the wean-to-finish...
Danish invention helps cover slats in pig areas A Danish invention could simply help pig producers to increase the area of solid flooring without having to...
UK: New trolley for weaners With sows producing more pigs per litter and farms getting larger, moving and handling weaners can become...
Steam pelleting and enzyme supplementation assessed When diets are fed in liquid form, prior steam pelleting of the diets and enzyme supplementation do not provide...
New phytase now launched in Europe Following approval by the DG-Sanco Standing Committee on the Food Chain & Animal Health (Animal Nutrition) in...
The effect of zinc on weaners to be investigated Researchers from Aarhus University have started a new research project to examine the reasons why zinc in the...
Starfish and mussels possible protein source for pigs A new research project by Aarhus University and the Danish Shellfish Centre is investigating the possibility of...
BPEX pig unit sale completed The sale of the former BPEX pig development unit in Stotfold, Bedfordshire, has now been completed. The...
Liquid prestarters in the spotlight at Provimi symposium The second day of the Provimi animal nutrition seminar in Barcelona, Spain, mainly focused on prestarter feed...
BLOG: Consumerism – analysis or just more politics? We are all consumers but I have to say I was disappointed when the European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) ‘The...
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...
These pigs are watched very closely Several young pigs and calves will have to watch out soon – every step they take will be watched, monitored and...
Formulating piglet diets without adding antibiotics As it becomes increasingly uncommon to mix antibiotics or zinc oxide through diets for just-weaned piglets, the...
Can the US reach 30 p/s/y? - part 3 This is the final interview in this series done by Purina Animal Nutrition. In an attempt to discover if the US...
More sustainability leads to higher pig profits Profitability in swine production depends on optimising lifetime output per sow breeding place. But often...
Co-products: A must for sustainable pork production Feed prices continue to rise since cereals can also be used for fuel production. Using biofuel co-products,...
The development and consequences of ear necrosis in a... In Danish herds, ear necrosis (EN) in weaners and older pigs is mainly located along the ventral edge of the...
What the textbooks don't tell you about... Seasonal... The textbooks cover the technicalities of seasonal infertility well, if a little heavy-handedly – especially...
Regime detail wins a week An automated feeding system for weaners to smooth the transition from sow's milk to dry feed is improving...