According to a recent study, incorporating extra Tryptophan (Trp) and threonine (Thr) into pig diets, exceeding the current Danish recommendations, appears to have a potential impact on lowering the need for antibiotics during the weaning period.
The World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) is calling on its member states to restrict the use of antimicrobials solely to veterinary medical use and to achieve a total ban on their use as growth promoters, starting with drugs that are critically...
A study from China shows that feed supplementation with a porcine intestinal antimicrobial peptide might be an effective antibiotic alternative for weaned piglets.
A study from China identifies the potential role fermented bamboo fiber (FBF) can play in terms of improved sow and piglet performance. The researchers saw it alleviates intestinal and systemic inflammation.
Research from Finland shows that dietary micro-fibrillated cellulose (MFC) supplementation improves growth, reduces diarrhea, modulates gut microbiota, and increases butyrate production in piglets.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is investing to accelerate Bactolife’s objective of developing effective and affordable food and feed ingredients to combat some of the largest gut health issues worldwide.
High-value, nutrient-dense fractions enriched in starch, protein or fat can cater to animals with high nutritional demands such as piglets and juvenile fish. However, the main focus of ingredient fractionation in Canada is the plant-based food protein...
Belgian business, the Colruyt Group, is expanding its minority interest in The Seaweed Company to 21%. The retail group was already a shareholder in the Dutch startup.
Spray-dried porcine plasma protein (SDPP) shows potential to protect the gut health of early-weaned piglets fed diets without supplemental ZnO and AGP, according to a new study.
The inclusion of black soldier fly larvae (BSFL) in feed for pigs reduced the relative abundance of Lactobacillus in the colon, but did not affect the animal’s overall performance, finds a Norwegian study.
Feed additive producer, Adisseo, is offering €1m (US$1.2m), in the form of a research grant, over the next three years, aimed at supporting two to three collaborative projects to address some of the challenges the international feed industry is grappling...
Pre-weaning management, nutrition, and housing conditions play an essential role in terms of boosting the rate of survival of piglets and good growth later, says an swine expert.
The use of fiber in sow diets can increase the number of pigs born alive and can decrease preweaning mortality, but the effect may be source dependent, says an expert.
We are beginning to hear a lot about transgenerational nutrition and how such an approach can benefit progeny performance but there is much to learn and explore in this field of research.
The results of a new study suggest that partially replacing conventional protein sources with inactivated Cyberlindnera jadinii yeast, derived from sugars from Norwegian spruce trees, in diets for young pigs is possible without compromising energy and...
Feeding insoluble fiber better promotes growth performance and nutrient digestibility in piglets in the first two weeks post-weaning compared to soluble fiber, found China based animal scientists, in a new paper.
There is a vast amount of research supporting the use of many different probiotic strains at the nursery stage in pig production, but there is still great variability in the results, finds a review published in Livestock Science.
Novus International Inc. presented at the Zero Zinc Summit in Copenhagen in Denmark earlier this week on the efficacy of chelated trace minerals as a reliable alternative to zinc oxide (ZnO).
There is pressure on European pig producers to find alternative feeding strategies in light of the upcoming EU-wide ban on zinc oxide and the growing trend away from the use of antibiotics.
