The two measures studied would allow to reduce liveweight variability at slaughter by 10-15%.

Nutritional value (table comparison), production, trade and the most recent studies on soybean meal.

The critical window of opportunity around transition moments allows shaping of intestinal development, potentially leading to long-lasting effects on gut health.

In this third article, we want to to talk about a common guest in the nurseries: Streptococcus suis, the causative agent of clinical pictures that can include meningitis, arthritis and sudden deaths.

This clinical case describes how, after discovering large numbers of dead and dying pigs in the sheds over a 4-day period, an expert team of veterinarians diagnosed African Swine Fever.

Four veterinarians talk about gilt acclimation: programs they put in place, how the immune status is measured and special management scenarios for introducing those gilts into the main herd.

How to have all the information about the weanings available in a simple way.

Enric Marco comments on the practical implications of a recent article investigating the transmission of ASF through ingestion of flies.

There is no doubt if the disease is discovered in a major piglet or pork producing/exporting country such as Denmark, Germany, Spain or the USA, the mortality it causes would be only the beginning of the woes.

The appearance of ASF in Belgium has entailed a real blow for the EU pig sector.

Main elements that can be found in the digestive environment and how they are involved in gut health.

10 recomendations to face African Swine Fever (ASF).

How have the farms adapted to the new situation? What measures are being taken to avoid the onset of digestive problems without using antibiotics? ...

The objective of this article is to critically assess the use of probiotics in the post-weaning phase, and provide few suggestions to improve results when using probiotics in weanlings.

One of the indices that is generating much interest is the one referred to the number of weaned piglets per sow lifetime (WSL). This index refers to the total number of piglets that a sow has weaned throughout its productive life.

The authors share their strategies in the face of tail biting outbreaks as well as on-going preventative measures.

Corn is the primary grain used for ethanol production in the USA, but European and Canadian ethanol plants often use wheat or a combination of wheat and corn.

What is the "gut health" concept that everyone talks about? Why is it important?

What is the preferred exposure method?, and the best status of the incoming gilts?, should they be raised on-farm or purchased?, … Veterinary practitioners from Germany, North America, China, and Spain share their opinions.

Right now it all depends on the evolution of the situation in China.

As a producer, aligning with a packer-processor that is exhibiting the characteristics of a long-term successful and resilient player with access to the global market is critical for success regardless of how efficient you have become as a producer.

In recent years, pig production has been subject to several changes that have forced farmers to adapt. Some of these changes have a direct impact on the nursery.

A farrow-to-finish farm went from 10% to 50% of returns to oestrus, and almost 90% of them were regular.

We explain a simple and easy method for cleaning creep feeders.

Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, serum virus neutralization test, haemoagglutination test, and immunoperoxidase monolayer assay are explained.

The goal is to be able to make that some individual dispensers do not deliver feed when they are all full

In Iberia, pig prices have reached this year’s peak. Now, prices can only drop… The evolution of prices is very similar to that in 2015.

The authors share their experience on tail biting risk factors identification as well as the production of non-docked pigs.

There are casualties in the farrowing unit due to poor colostrum intake but, how many are there really? Are they just being classified as non-viable piglets?

This article describes a real project for the production and marketing of pigs that are given no antibiotics after weaning

7% drop in belly price in a single day is signaling the end of the summer seasonal prices.

Feeding, biosecurity and concomitant diseases as factors involved in the perpetuation of Salmonella in the farm.

The majority of the published work shows that the use of fatty acids in pigs has health benefits however its mode of action is still scientifically debated.

Nutritional value (comparison of tables), production, trade and the most recent studies on barley.

The average mortality increased by 2.5% due to the animals that presented with myelitis and ascending infections along the spine. Find out how the problem could be solved without returning to tail docking.

Fiber is being "rediscovered" due to its multiple benefits: physiological, on intestinal health and for the environment.

The goal is to improve the piglets’ starter feed consumption in the farrowing pens.

Which of the two views is more appropriate for understanding the ins and outs of the global pig market?

The use of a thermometer or other technologies not so usual such as thermography for diagnosing sensitive situations cheaply, easily and objectively.

Nowadays several laboratory techniques allow to evaluate the cellular immune response.

The key lies in gilt management ...

There was a time when pig price was determined by seasonal patterns and total production… Now the belly price is driving the carcass price in the United States.

Occasionally, breeders end up using semen with a suboptimal fertilizing ability due to inadequate storage conditions.

By writing down the sow’s number directly onto a piece of paper or a card we do not lose information

The views of experienced experts on what the ideal mating /early gestation barn should look like.

Key swine veterinary practitioners describe the “PRRS-ception” of this disease in the most important pork producing regions.

The effect of environment temperature on the body temperature is greater than that of ingestion and digestion of food.

More attractive for the pigs, more comfortable for farmers.

Every week a new price is set that reflects a momentary and unstable but necessary and essential balance.

Prevention against ASF involves farmers, farm staff, veterinarians, lorry drivers, hunters and the Official Veterinary Services.

Establishing Day 0 is a crucial step in disease control and elimination programs and should be carefully performed by swine health professionals.

Being a high performing farm is not a sufficient condition to future success.

This article discuss about the protection of the placenta, the colostrum, the immunity conferred by milk and the congenital acquired immunity of the piglet.

There is an increase of respiratory distress and loss of body condition with an increase of mortality in the weaning and growing pigs…

This trick tries to reduce the number of deaths by providing the piglets more resting space by using the corridor.

Montse Torremorell speaks about different alternatives that are being explored to obtain live animal samples at a reasonable cost.

We talk about weight and age at mating, stall adaptation, flushing, how to perform heat detection and insemination, the convenience or inconvenience of segregating the gilts

Feeding corn DDGS diets to growing-finishing pigs can substantially reduce feed cost while maintaining growth performance, but it reduces carcass pork fat firmness. How to solve it?

Changes on the source of replacement animals are always difficult decisions. Monitoring through testing before the introduction of the new animals into the farm is not sufficient.

Europe has a surplus and needs to export. The USA has increased its production and needs to export. The Russian market is closed for Brazil, and Brazil needs to export…