Phytogenic compounds supplemented to hyperprolific sows can improve piglet integrity.

Gentle handling of growing pigs could reduce their anxiety and increase intimacy between the pigs and handlers. However, it had little effect on pig performance, carcass quality, and meat quality.

Post-cervical artificial insemination doses took less time than cervical doses to reach the desired temperature, but sperm quality was similar for CAI- and PCAI-doses during storage.

Dietary phytogenic compounds might improve productivity and antioxidant status of sows.

A lower frequency of behavioral aversive responses was observed in the intradermal route of vaccine administration group than in the intramuscular group.

Feeding Mannan-rich hydrolyzed copra meal and fermented rye to nursery pigs combined with organic acids reduces S. Typh shedding, and feeding fermented rye with OA tends to improve pig performance after S. Typh challenge.

Garlic and dandelion powder supplementation might improve growth performance and the fat quality of meat.

Caffeine supplementation of sows receiving progesterone to prevent premature farrowing impaired piglet survival during, and shortly after parturition.

Dietary microalgae (Schizochytrium sp.) can increase muscle DHA concentration in growing pigs.

The autors review the literature about the persistence of human and veterinary coronaviruses on inanimate surfaces as well as inactivation strategies with biocidal agents.

The gene-deleted HLJ/-18-7GD virus is a safe and effective vaccine against ASFV, and could play an important role in controlling the spread of ASFV.

Bacillus subtilis may promote a decreased of diarrhea incidence in weanling piglets.

The novel cELISA demonstrated excellent agreement and high level correlation with VNT. It is a reliable tool for sero-monitoring of C-strain vaccination campaign.

Weaning is a critical phase in a pig’s life. Group housing of non-littermates before weaning may favour socialisation and hence reduce weaning stress.

Dietary supplementation of coated and uncoated sodium butyrate for lactating sows modified the milk fatty acid profile, but did not affect sow performance nor the performance of their progenies during lactation.

Partial replacement of SBM in weanling pigs’ diets may have economic and production benefits.

Sow vaccination decreased influenza infections in piglets at weaning. Influenza positive gilts at entry were associated with positive piglets at weaning.

The inclusion of tomato pomace in growing –finishing diets reduces intramuscular fat in pork while increasing the concentration of PUFA.

For 9 feed ingredients exposed to 30-day shipment conditions, half-lives ranged from 9.6 to 14.2 days, indicating that the feed matrix environment promotes virus stability.

Potato fiber and ZnGly independently contribute to nutrient digestibility and growing performance in pigs.

The more straw provided (between 10 and 500 g) the higher the daily weight gain. The feed conversion ratio was not affected by the amount of straw provided.

Here we report the discovery that deletion of a previously uncharacterized gene, I177L, from the highly virulent ASFV-G produces complete virus attenuation in swine.

L-arginine supplementation may increase embryos growth during early gestation.

Differing feeding strategies during rearing may not affect the overall performance of gilts.

Transmammary delivery of firocoxib to piglets reduces stress and improves average daily gain after castration, tail docking, and teeth clipping.

The inclusion of H. illucens may increase the ADG of finisher pigs and improve their meat quality.

Organic mineral supplementation improves finisher pigs’ productive performance.

Increased suckling intensity increased litter weight gain but reduced piglet ADG. Following lactations were not negatively affected by increased suckling intensity of the first lactation. Loss of sow body reserves was reduced for the second lactation.

Circovirus 4 was identified in several pigs with severe clinical disease in Hunan Province, China.

Feeding rice instead of corn to weanling piglets improves growth performance.

Effectiveness of each analgesia drug and drug combination was evaluated using behavioral indicators, vocalization, and facial grimace analysis. All treatment groups with buprenorphine were able to alleviate tail docking-associated pain.

Melatonin interferes with cultured granulosa cell proliferation and steroidogenesis.

The aim of this work was to compare the profile and time-course of humoral and cell-mediated immunity in stable and unstable herds, respectively.

This study expands the concept of coping style in farm animals, particularly in terms of individual stress reactivity and disease susceptibility, and thus contributes to the understanding of the biology of animal welfare.

Alternative protein sources, such as micro-algae or larval meals, do not compromise final pork quality traits.

Independently of the nature of Zn source used, higher levels of added Zn seem to improve pig carcass characteristics.

No difference was detected between nurse sows and non-nurse sows in body condition or severity of lesions.

Straw in a rack was found to be the best material to meet the behavioural needs of pigs.

Feeding CLA to sows may improve the survival of their born-alive piglets.

This is, to our knowledge, the first report of a promising vaccine against ASF virus in wild boar by oral administration.

Conductive cooling pads have the potential to cool swine under both high temperature and high humidity conditions.

Coated ZnO may be a good alternative to start reducing common dietary pharmacological inclusion levels of ZnO.

In many European countries the majority of the pigs are still routinely tail-docked, which is a violation of the European legislation.

Piglet stillbirth was associated with several hematological parameters of the sow, namely hemoglobin concentration, mean cell hemoglobin concentration...

Wild boar is susceptible to PCV‐3 infection, showing high frequency of detection in this animal species.

Survival of African Swine Fever virus in excretions from pigs experimentally infected with the Georgia 2007/1 isolate.

This study systematically reviewed available measures to prevent the spread of ASF in the EU domestic pig sector distinguishing between commercial, non-commercial, and outdoor farms.

This study has identified a simple method of increasing the cleanliness of pigs’ dedicated lying areas, which has important implications for improving the design of pig housing facilities and maximising pig welfare.

The results of the present study demonstrated that the P. multocida isolated from diseased pigs in Taiwan was resistant to multiple antimicrobials.

The effect of aerating pig slurry during 2 min every 6 h was tested. Aeration increased slurry pH by 0.7 units and NH₃ emissions by 20%. CH₄ emissions decreased by 40% and no significant N₂O emission was detected.

Microalgae rich on omega-3 fatty acids supplementation during gestation and lactation may promote an increase of piglet birthweight while general reproductive performance it is not affected.

Early social environment can affect the development of aggression in the pig. Group lactation piglets have reduced aggression and skin injuries post-weaning.

Increasing SID lysine levels in lactation diets may reduce tissue mobilisation of the sow while litter weight gain during lactation is improved.

In the double nursing strategy every week one or more sows nurse two litters simultaneously from birth to weaning.

Protease supplementation in sorghum-based diets may improve protein digestibility, performance and feed efficiency without affecting intestinal health in growing pigs.

Increasing fat soluble and group B vitamins in weanling diets may improve piglet performance while group B vitamins improve carcass quality in growing-finishing pigs.

Sweet chestnut wood extract as tannins supplementation, modifies carcass traits, meat quality and oxidative stability in growing finishing pigs.

Retaining sows in the herd longer has economic benefits that could increase the financial returns of a breed-to-wean system.

Feed and/or dietary amino acid restriction affects feeding behaviour and voluntary feed intake in growing pigs.

Co-mingling of unfamiliar piglets before weaning did not improve performance. Co-mingling and intermittent suckling increased positive behaviour after weaning. Intermittent suckling likely advanced gastrointestinal changes in the peri-weaning period.