Bioaerosol surveillance may be an effective non‐invasive surveillance approach to quickly disseminate data on multiple pathogens back to the farm stakeholders.

The addition of phytases derived from E. coli, appAT1 and appAT2, significantly improved the final BW and FCR of pigs.

Reproductive tract scoring methods as a tool for identify gilts with improved productivity as breeding herd females.

Feeding increased lysine and metabolizable energy prior to farrowing can increase sow body weight and backfat.

Adding ramps to nursery pig housing is a simple way to speed loading of market hogs, while providing benefits to efficiency and behavior in the nursery.

Rapeseed meal and faba beans can be a suitable alternative to soybean meal in terms of meat quality.

Senecavirus A (SVA) is the single member of the genus Senecavirus of the family Picornaviridae. A complete genome sequence of SVA strain GX2018-92 consisting of 7,280 nucleotides is reported.

Dietary fat can be used selectively on farms to increase the average daily gain of the lightest pigs.

Pigs exposed to in utero heat stress develop a variety of postnatal phenotypes that prevent profitable production, and compromise health, and welfare in commercial production systems.

A combination of soluble/insoluble fiber promotes growth performance in weaning piglets.

Pigs exposed to carbon dioxide made more escape attempts but fewer squeals than pigs exposed to nitrous oxide.

Dietary chitosan might improve piglet performance and immune status.

A compound was identified that blocks the interaction between PRRSV and CD163, a macrophage-specific membrane scavenger receptor, potentially preventing infection.

Pig activity changes can be recorded using passive infrared detectors which could serve as a monitoring tool for early detection of behavioral changes.

Neither feeding level nor diet type during the weaning to estrus interval had an impact on sow reproductive performance.

Insufficient lactogenic protection provided by gilts plays a key role in the development of and the increased prevalence of clinical rotavirus C disease.

A water-to-feed ratio of 3.5:1 DM would be recommended for growing-finishing pigs.

Scoring of tail lesions and defining intact tails in undocked pigs at the abattoir.

Rapeseed meal seems to promote the development of protective gut microbiota.

Currently, detection requires accessibility to infrequently available primary swine macrophage cultures. Here, we report the identification of a commercially suitable substrate for virus isolation of ASF virus.

The addition of phytase in piglet diets improves their performance due to a better utilization of phytate-P.

Sexual maturity has a low, yet not negligible, impact on the welfare of heavy female pigs in terms of aggressive behavior and lesions.

The supplementation of yeast probiotic from egg white fermentation might promote gut health in weaned piglets.

A 3D machine vision system has the potential to automate tail posture detection and provide early warning of tail biting on farm.

The optimal time for carcass yield to make a dietary switch might be 28 days before marketing.

The 64 SNV panel is a useful genetic tool to infer purebred or crossbred Iberian origin of live animals, meat and dry-cured products.

For the feed delivery methods compared, the wet/dry feeding of a pelleted diet was found to maximize growth rate while optimizing G:F in grow-finisher pigs.

Using resistome data in association studies adds accuracy to previously observed AMU-AMR associations. Major components of the pig resistome are positively and independently associated with on-farm AMU and biosecurity conditions.

Fish oil supplementation during late gestation and lactation alters the n-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids composition in the red blood cells and livers of piglets.

Grow-finish pigs located in peripheral pens had greater body temperatures and reduced gain-to-feed ratios despite similarities in pen ambient temperature and relative humidity between all pens.

Replacement of starch by sunflower oil during high ambient temperature conditions can improve carcass yield and efficiency of grow-finish pigs.

A combination of culling and infected carcass removal is the most effective method to eradicate the virus without also eradicating the host population, and that early implementation of these control measures will reduce infection levels.

Dietary supplementation with gallic acid might reduce the incidence of post-weaning diarrhea.

Sows that had a good relationships with their handler tended to have more total and weaned pigs. Weaning performance was better for farmers who valued good animal-human relationships.

Soaking and enzyme supplementation of liquid-fed grow-finish pig diets can improve nutrient digestibility.

Vaccinating against the influenza A (H1N1)pdm09 virus, can improve reproductive performance in sow herds infected with pandemic influenza A virus.

In terms of reproduction and litter performance, a combination of inorganic and organic selenium sources might be beneficial in diets for breeding sows.

Computational fluid dynamics model outputs could provide insight on which environmental drivers affect pigs’ lying location choice, even before a hog building is built and stocked.

Controlling the prevailing G4 EA H1N1 viruses in pigs and close monitoring in human populations, especially the workers in swine industry, should be urgently implemented.

Dietary supplementation with C. butyricum or E. faecalis promoted growth performance, improved immunity, relieved intestinal villus damage and inflammation, and optimized the intestinal flora in LPS-challenged weaned piglets.

Flaxseed oil, poultry fat and vitamin E supplementation can improve the nutritional value of pork.

Sorting piglets by birth weight can affect colostrum intake and sorting by birth order affects immunocrit levels. Both birth weight and birth order have effects on traits that are important for prenatal growth and survival.

A Bacillus-based probiotic can improve the feed conversion ratio in growing-finishing pigs.

Simulations predict a decline in pig production, increase in pork prices, and a slight decrease in per capita calorie availability in China.

Mixed plant oils can be a more effective energy feed for weanling pig diets than soybean oil alone.

Lactate dehydrogenase could help predict pork quality variation, while cortisol, alanine amino transferase, and albumin could be useful in prediction of carcass quality.

Ractopamine supplementation in gestating sows does not exert any positive effect on piglet vitality and weight at birth.

The stress conditions with the highest accuracy in the detection were cold and thirst. Infrared skin temperature is a promising assessment of stress conditions.

Non-GMO beet pulp and canola meal have comparable effects as that of GMO corn-soybean meal diets on the performance of both sows and piglets.

Improving piglet colostrum intake along with the reduction of the shedding in sows may favor the control of Salmonella infection in breeding farms.

Rapeseed-based diets might have a positive influence on the fatty acid profile of pig fat.

A higher set-point temperature significantly lowered odour emissions compared to the reference, and had the potential to lower NH₃ emissions.

PDOC did not greatly impact performance, carcass quality, or slurry. Its inclusion did improve the monounsaturated fatty acid concentration in subcutaneous fat.

Cloned boars could be highly effective for proliferation of pigs with desirable characteristics, preservation of genetic resources and risk reduction against epidemic diseases.

Prediction equations for metabolizable energy of corn DDGS can be used in diet formulation for sows in late gestation.

Early development of gilt progeny may be delayed compared with sow progeny and a number of anatomical differences present at birth are also present at weaning.

Garcinol might increase the growth performance of pigs and improve pork quality.

Approximately 40% of US slaughterhouse pigs were found to be seropositive for HEV. Blood of HEV-viremic pigs from slaughterhouses may contaminate pork supply chains.

Dietary conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) might improve feed efficiency, but it needs to be combined with ractopamine to see improved carcass traits.

Wood appears to be a safe material to use as environmental enrichment for pigs and a softer wood species were preferred by pigs with equal preference for the rubber floor toy.