Articles - Nutrition

Are we forgetting the importance of vitamin levels in the post-weaning diet in the post-zinc oxide era?

S. suis outbreaks are frequently associated with co-infections and stress factors identified as potential triggers, but the natural infection process is not fully understood, so, we wanted to know what the condition is for naturally affected pigs.

Mistakes to avoid when receiving, sampling, and storing raw materials in the pig feed mill.

In this article, we focus on the key aspects of management to optimize performance from this genetic line of sows. We talked with Carlos Martins.

Quality is essential for the sustainability, reliability, and profitability of any company. In pig production, we can also apply the integral concept of quality starting with the purchase of raw materials and feed.

We often talk about costs in swine production, especially feed costs, but little is said about the impact that the feed mill can have on the farm's performance and profitability.

What can produce an increase in the feed conversion ratio and mortality without affecting average daily gain?

This new feeding strategy aims to distribute an optimal ration at the right time to the right animal.

The similarity between the pre- and post-weaning diet composition may be more important for post-weaning performance than the absolute intake level of solid feed pre-weaning.

What can produce an increase in the feed conversion ratio and worsen average daily gain without altering mortality?

What can cause an increase in the feed conversion ratio of pigs without altering mortality or average daily gain?

Many factors influence sow longevity and survival. So how important is targeted feed management to a longer life of performance?

Which dietary factors can affect the feed conversion ratio? Enric Marco talks about how the energy and protein values of feed, the particle size, and mycotoxins can make us lose money.

Nutritional immunomodulation can be used for real-time adjustments to guide the immune system in protective directions.

The reader should be aware that in microbiome research correlation does not imply causation.

Eubiotics are seen as alternatives to things like zinc and antibiotic growth promotors for farms that can not use them, but if the global trend is that those products are no longer going to be available, should they be used as baseline?

How can we make sense of the increasing information available regarding the swine microbiota and apply it at the barn level? In this second article of the series, Matheus Costa explains.

Feed represents approximately 60% of the costs in pig production. It is therefore very important to have a good feed conversion ratio.

Creating structure in the feed may be beneficial, but would this be the end of grinding all the ingredients in the same way?

What is the microbiota, and how can it help keep pigs healthy? What are the current limitations to using DNA sequencing of microbes?

Data sheet with the nutritional value (table comparison) and most recent studies about rice.

The use of fiber can be a good strategy to control post-weaning diarrhea, but what type of fiber is effective?

The EU is already developing a new legislative framework that will include the degree of sustainability in the labeling of feed and livestock products.