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ASF China: pig production becomes stable and the increase in prices slows down

According to the information published by the Ministry of Agriculture of China, the politics and measures to support pig production in China have entailed indications of improvement both in production and prices.

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Replacing corn with brown rice on growth performance and nutrient digestibility of weaned piglets

Brown rice could be a suitable alternative to replace maize in weanling diets for piglets.

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Reduction in China’s swine herd due to ASF drops meal consumption

Soybean imports in 2019/20 are set to be the lowest in five years.

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EU: overview of EU feed supply

Looking at the total EU use of feed consumption, about 80% of the feed is from EU origin.

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Impacts of African Swine Fever on China's feed industry and soy demand

Rabobank expects China’s total feed/soybean demand to decline in 2019 – albeit significantly less than the decline in pork production – followed by a slight recovery in 2020. African swine fever will act as a catalyst to speed up feed industry upgrades – including, but not limited to, a diversified product mix, the higher adoption of commercial compound feed, and ongoing industry consolidation.

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Feeding mulberry leaves to growing-finishing pigs

Mulberry leaves supplementation can improve meat quality although affects growth performance in growing-finishing pigs.

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Lysophospholipid supplementation in lactating sows

Lysophospholipid supplementation during lactation may improve nutrient digestibility and of sow productivity.

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Cactus addition to lactating sows’ diet

Cactus (Opuntia ficus-indica) dietary supplementation may reduce post-farrowing blood glucose avoiding hypophagia in lactating sows.

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Feeding two different levels in sows during late gestation: effects on reproductive performance and piglet birth weight

Dietary levels of 1.8 and 2.2 kg/d in late gestation do not differ on reproductive and piglet performance.

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Reproductive performance and their relationship with feeding regime in gestating and lactating sows

Energy allowance due to feeding level offered during gestation may affect litter size and weight at birth.

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Increased dietary protein or free amino acids under heat stress pigs on performance and carcass traits

The increase in dietary free amino acids under heat stress conditions may be a suitable solution to overcome the lack of performance.

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Reduced crude protein and different net energy levels for heavy pigs

In low crude protein diets, net energy levels may affect performance and feeding behavior in heavy pigs.

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Feed flavour to increase feed intake in lactation under tropical conditions

Flavour supplementation during lactation may improve sow feed intake promoting higher milk yield in climate challenging conditions.

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Dietary supplementation of benzoic acid to nursery and grower-finisher pigs

Benzoic acid supplementation in weanling diets linearly increase performance up to 0.5% while for growing pigs the optimum inclusion level is estimated at 0.36%

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Stability of EU compound feed production in 2017

The industrial compound feed production for farmed animals in the EU-28 in 2017 reached an estimated level of 156.7 mio. t, i.e. 0.2% more than in 2016, according to data provided by FEFAC members.

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Effect of vaccination against sub-clinical PCV2 infection in a high-health finishing pig herd

The purpose of the study was to evaluate the effect of vaccination against PCV2 in a sub-clinically infected, high-health finishing herd in terms of viral load in serum, feed conversion ratio and antimicrobial treatments.