Fact sheet with nutritional value (table comparison), production, trade, and most recent studies about common wheat

The price of pork in Spain has risen 32% in twelve weeks. Increase in demand from China and the opening of a new slaughterhouse suggest further rises.

Biofilm, “the dirt in water pipes”, the causative agent of problems in the conditions and the quality of the water supply, is the subject of this article.

Traditional gilt exposure to seeder animals is being substituted by intratracheal inoculation and aerosol exposure.

Soybean meals from the US, Brazil and Argentina, their major exporters, may present bigger than expected nutritional differences.

"When you want to test the depths of a stream, don't use both feet"

Three videos that illustrate how to make an appropriate transition between several key clean and dirty zones.

The history and current status of Alentejano pig breed, a Portuguese autochthonous swine breed.

How can we promote a healthier microbiota, favorable for the pig and for its productivity? And, when is the best time to get it?

The rise in pork price is being so intense and important that the processing sector will have to make a superhuman effort and transfer the rises in price to the final product as soon as possible.

Using a custom-made cart designed for drying and storage of heating lamps from farrowing units between uses to extent its working life.

Data sheet with types, characteristics, use in pig diets and results of the most recent studies on xylanase enzymes.

Supplementation of proteases into pig diets has resulted in positive, inconclusive, inconsistent or, in some cases, depressive effects on performance.

More than 50% of all systemic samples tested by HPS PCR at the Iowa State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (ISU VDL) are positive.

Some nutritional strategies can have an antibacterial activity, do you want to know which ones?

Let's clarify what are the clean and dirty zones and its boundaries. A series of articles will discuss how to apply segregation principles to farm zones for the prevention of pathogen entry.

The current situation in China has many similarities to the old-time hog cycle liquidation phase.

Do outbreaks in the same farm have a similar time-to-stability? What factors can affect time-to-stability?

Guillem Burset foresees a very profitable 2019, but not for all the actors in the Spanish pig sector.

Choosing a smooth tile type with seamless gap material will not allow rodents to achieve a foothold that would facilitate their climbing ability

Management of dead semen, data analysis, vaccinations,... These are some examples that we will deal with in the following 6 case studies.

This article reviews the effect of components of the diet on the bones and osteochondrosis, this being the main caused of lameness and a reason for the culling of young sows. Therefore, they are important concepts to bear in mind in the diets for the rearing of gilts.

Time flies and wild boar breed at a faster rate than our ability to control them.

The second part of this article tells us what we can learn from sow's nesting instinct, creep-feed intake, relationship with the operator and groups formation in camping systems for use in our closed farms.

Probiotics and amino acids to improve the intestinal barrier. Omega-3 fatty acids, plasma, probiotics, prebiotics, etc... to enhance the immune response.

How much space is needed to optimise performance with the current slaughter weights?

The overgrowth of horn of the claw leading to slipper feet, cracking or separation, and secondary septic laminitis has a multifactorial origin.

What is oxidative stress and why is it so important? What relationship does it have with tail bites, weaning, late pregnancy or high milk production?

When was the last time that you disinfected your cellphone?

The relationship between the farmer and the abattoir, daily and passionate most of the time, ends up creating a bond. Its quality will, undoubtedly, be put to the test in Spain.

Pork supply, pork consumption and purchasing power in China, US and China trade war and globalism are some of the balls in play and many more are to come.

Spain is the leading supplier of pork for France, with more than 315,000 tonnes per year.

71% of the farms reporting a PRRS break today will report a break within the following two years. What makes them more susceptible?

Pig reproduction and summer are not good friends, Heat comes, daylight hours drop, fertility decreases and the vets come across more reproductive pathology than during the rest of the year. Why doing always the same does not always yield the same result?

Compilation of nutritional strategies for the management of gut health, grouped by functional additives, functional ingredients and diet modifications.

How is it possible that a virus that causes an acute infection in an animal can remain on a farm throughout time?

It is not only related to NPDs, but it can also have a greater impact than we first thought.

Despite its many limitations, outdoor farming is a different way of approaching pig production and it does have some management routines which should make us reflect when we tackle management and design of indoor farms.

How to increase water consumption in piglets during the 2 to 3 days period after weaning using the piglet’s natural curiosity.

As of August 13th, 2019, the maximum copper limit allowed in piglet feed will be reduced. Faced with this change, what nutritional strategies can I use?

The gut microbiome provides an alternative tool for control and prevention of diseases.

The cornerstone of the Spanish pig sector is the extreme efficiency of its abattoirs and cutting rooms.

Dennis DiPietre is increasingly convinced that 2019 is setting up to be the year of the great pork price mirage.

The author presents a review of the current situation of influenza in pigs to end with his doubts and comments on the effectiveness of control measures on the farm.

Can it be useful? How?

After the onset of problems, it brings back to our mind that perhaps water could be the source of our poor production results.

The morphological differences in the cervical wall and canal between multiparous and nulliparous sows require deep AI devices adapted to the characteristics of the nulliparous.

Administer long-acting oxytocin to sows that have started farrowing to milk them more easily.

Ending the year with a price similar to that of the cost price and with a more than significant growth in production can only be considered as excellent.

PCR can detect the virus in virtually any material but, does it mean the sample contains the virus and it is infectious? Is any PCR test valid for any strain?

Although we know that the amount and the quality of nutrients induce direct effects on health, the interaction of nutrition with epigenetic modifications is normally overlooked.

Influenza researchers are trying to stimulate antibody responses towards parts of the HA that are the least variable from strain to strain. One approach that seems promising is choosing two antigenically very different strains within the H1 or H3 subtype for the primary and subsequent booster vaccinations.

How is the increase in global meat production, low-cost coarse grains and ASF going to affect pig production?

Producing well with a low antimicrobial usage: Is it possible in high pig-density areas? And, what is the role of the age at weaning?

How can we monitor our program? Which pigs should be sampled? How many? How often should we sequence the virus/es present in our farms?

Could the vaccination against Salmonella in pigs be as crucial as it has been in poultry?

The farmer contacted the veterinary surgeon concerning an increase of respiratory distress and mortality in the finishing pigs during the previous 3 days.

The idea is to avoid semen backflow when we leave a catheter without its cap inside the sow for some minutes after AI.

The almost mimetic similarity between the Spanish price curve in 2015 and 2018 ends here and now. We think that it is completely impossible that the decrease in price reaches €0.95, like then.

Fernando Rodríguez, the director of CReSA, explains at what stage is the development of the vaccine against ASF.