Flavour inclusion in piglet diets is safe even at higher inclusion levels than those commonly used for the industry.

NADC30-like PRRSV has widely spread in China and could cause clinical disease on pigs.

A high avulation rate results in an moderate increase in the number of vital embryos at day 35 of pregnancy, but compromises development in the surviving embryonic/placental units, suggesting that the future growth and survival of the embryos might be further compromised.

Dietary herbs and fermented herb supplementation during the growing-finishing period improves meat quality in pigs.

This study identified preventable routes of MRSA CC398 introduction and transmission: human occupational exposure, trade of pigs and livestock transport vehicles.

The newly developed LFA allows rapid and reliable detection of ASFV, at field and laboratory level, providing a new useful tool for control programs and in situations where laboratory support and skilled personnel are limited.

Dietary essential fatty acid supplementation in sow during lactation affects further reproductive performance.

Betaine supplementation at 0.63% and 1.26% tended to increase sperm concentration in the ejaculates by 6% and 13%, respectively.

Collectively, SB supplementation could reduce the rate of gilts return to estrus, alter the composition of colostrum and enhance the growth rate of piglets.

Leaner carcasses are achieved with three-phase feeding than with single diet or multy-phase feeding.

In the presence of high MDA levels, piglets immunized with four commercial PCV2 vaccines showed a significantly reduction of PCV2 infected pigs, viral load...

Precision feeding is an effective approach to make pig production more sustainable without compromising growth performance.

Maternal vitamin D3 supplementation improves serum concentration in both sows and piglets but, does not affect their performance.

Dietary CLA enhanced cytotoxicity of peripheral blood lymphocytes perhaps through changing its fatty acid composition.

ESBL-producing E. coli isolates with the same β-lactamase genes, antibiotic resistance profiles, enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus types, and multilocus sequence types were detected in both pigs and workers on the same pig farm.

Enzymatic feather meal may become an alternative protein source for piglet diets.

Statistical analysis showed that PRRSV may have a synergistic effect with TTSuV1, and promote the replication and proliferation of TTSuV1.

Pigs in this study appeared to respond very similarly between the IN and IM routes at the time of processing when boosted at weaning by the IM route.

Unsaturated to saturated fatty acids ratio affects carcass and meat quality.

This is the first report to 1) identify a novel porcine pestivirus associated with CT and 2) successfully reproduce CT following inoculation of fetuses in utero.

The estimated impact of PCV-2 vaccination revealed a highly significant decline in total antimicrobial drug use on finishing farms.

Intervention strategies targeting sows would likely have a beneficial effect in reducing the occurrence of antimicrobial resistance in primary pig production.

Vesicular disease was experimentally induced in nursery-age pigs inoculated with SVA demonstrating for the first time a causal relationship between SVA infection and disease.

Zinc and protein sources do not affect Zn bioavailability in gestating sows when they are included in adequate levels.

Zearalenone could promote the autocrine action or expression of the ghrelin gene in piglet ovary, and further accelerate the development of ovaries (follicles).

The current study demonstrated that the farrowing system design can influence sow behaviour, with pens allowing for more interactions between sows and their piglets.

PUFA, oleic acid and stearic acid are the most accurate predictors of the DE and ME for the main fat sources used in swine.

Growing mixing level increased aggression, lesion and weight loss after mixing.

Deep-litter system composed of 60% sawdust and 40% rice husk was the most suitable with regard to reduction of environmental pollution.

The use of a yeast cell wall extract reduce the negative impact of low levels of aflatoxin on feed intake in nursery pigs.

A minimum dietary intake of both α-linolenic and linoleic acid is required for the modern lactating sow to achieve a maximum reproductive outcome.

In terms of carcass quality, crude protein and essential amino acids could be reduced in finishing diets.

It can be stated that the lactose content of sow colostrum in the first lactation could be indicative of a female's predisposition to produce colostrum and milk with similar lactose content over two consecutive lactations.

The administration of an additional injection of 200 mg of gleptoferron at 2-weeks of age increased piglet Hb.

The use of pelleted diets improved feed efficiency but increased pig culls and ulceration but not, if mash and pelled is altered.

We compared the effects of extenders of frozen-thawed semen on post-thaw sperm characteristics and the distribution of frozen-thawed spermatozoa in the female genital tract after fixed-timed deep intrauterine insemination (DIUI) in sows.

The results of the present study indicate that vaccination of pigs against erysipelas in the presence of antibiotics may result in a decrease or enhancement in the production of specific antibodies.

Piglet performance at weaning may be affected by the inclusion of vegetal oils susceptible to peroxidation.

This study indicates that cross fostering was associated with lower risk for preweaning mortality.

The study demonstrated that naive cattle, goats and pigs, in addition to antibody positive sheep, can be infected by HoBi-like virus via persistently infected calf and potentially transmit the virus.

Crude glycerine fed in heavy pig diets does not affect carcass and meat quality.

There were greater steroid concentrations in arterial vessels during December in comparison to June.

Piglet pre-weaning mortality (PWM) is one of the major reproductive components that affects herd productivity in the swine industry.

Sow feed intake is limited at high temperature in ad libitum fed sows during lactation but, betaine supplemented sows may show higher feed intake during this period .

The Brix refractometer provides a simple, fast and inexpensive estimation of colostrum IgG in sows.

The results of this study show that low BiW (<1 kg) negatively influences the production of piglets and longevity of female swine.

Since the introduction of PCV2 vaccines in 2006, viral presence and viral loads have greatly decreased, and a genotypic shift dominated by PCV2b has occurred.

Orange pulp and carob meal fibre could decrease NH₃ y CH₄ emissions from slurry.

The results show that nurse sows and their piglets to some extent experience more welfare problems than non-nurse sows with piglets at a similar age.

Under the conditions of this study, it makes no difference to protection whether PCV2 and PRRSV vaccines are administered concurrently. Concurrent vaccination is efficacious for controlling co-infection with PCV2 and PRRSV.

Duration of water restriction did not affect water consumption on a 24-h basis, nursing behaviour or performance.

No different bioavalilability is observed between dl-Met and l-Met for piglets.

To increase efficiency, active sampling should be intensified (more animals sampled) and monitored fattening groups abandoned. This would significantly improve sensitivity and time to detection at comparable or lower costs.

This work establishes fundamental time points in placenta development corresponding to fetal growth and microfold formation that may influence fetal growth and impact fetal survival.

Drinkers suppression it not recommended in growing-finishing pigs fed with liquid diets.

Current results confirmed that teats used in first lactation produce more milk in second lactation, and that piglets are able to detect this difference.

This is the first case report in the United States associating SV-A with a clinical course of severe but transient neonatal morbidity and mortality followed by vesicular lesions in breeding stock animals.

Feed presentation in crumbles or mash for does not affect sow and litter performance.

Serum antibodies against NP provide an ideal universal diagnostic screening target and could provide a cost-effective approach for the detection and surveillance of IAV infections in swine populations.

Social genetic effects offer the opportunity to breed for improved behaviour while maintaining performance.