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Discussing Oxidative Stress with top European Pig Producers
Early June, Lallemand Animal Nutrition was proud to take part in the European Pig Producers (EPP) Annual Congress in Bruges, Belgium, both as a sponsor and technical contributor. David Saornil, Swine Product Manager, was invited to give a talk about Oxidative Stress in Swine, an important issue of modern pig production, particularly at critical steps of the swine cycle. The Congress was attended ...
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New insights on antioxidants and probiotics revealed at the 14th IPVS Congress
Three new studies on swine nutrition and welfare were presented by Lallemand Animal Nutrition at the International Pig Veterinary Society (IPVS) Congress in Dublin, Ireland, June 7 – 10, 2016. These studies address critical issues of pig production, stressing the importance of nutritional management during key periods of stress such as weaning, vaccination and heat stress in piglets, as ...
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Levucell SB improves sow’s feed intake in lactation: Results of a meta-analysis
Results of a meta-analysis show that probiotic yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae boulardii CNCM I-1079 (LEVUCELL SB), helps increase sow feed intake during lactation.1 The study was presented by Lallemand Animal Nutrition at the American Dairy Science Association (ADSA) and American Society of Animal Science (ASAS) Joint Annual Meeting, July 12-16, 2015, in Orlando, Florida. Optimal feed intake in ...
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US bacon prices rise after virus kills baby pigs
A virus never before seen in the U.S. has killed millions of baby pigs in less than a year, and with little known about how it spreads or how to stop it, it's threatening pork production and pushing up prices by 10 percent or more. Scientists think porcine epidemic diarrhea, which does not infect humans or other animals, came from China, but they don't know how it got into the country or spread ...
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New swine vaccine is first U.S.-approved PRRS-Mhp combination
The first and only combination PRRS-Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae (Mhp) vaccine approved in the U.S. is now available to help swine producers better manage respiratory diseases as part of a customized program of whole herd health. FLEXMycoPRRS is the newest addition to the FLEX line of combination swine vaccines by Boehringer Ingelheim (BI). FLEXMycoPRRS combines the efficacy of the world’s ...
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Barcelona says Hola! To the 7th International LEVUCELL SB Technical meeting
On May 25 & 26, around 150 swine professionals from around the world gathered in Barcelona, the capital of Catalonia, Spain’s number one region for pig production, for the 7th International LEVUCELL® SB Technical meeting. The swine industry has changed a lot over the past few years and so have the challenges faced by producers. Meeting after meeting, we have seen evolution of the ...
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Better milk production and stronger piglets
Challenges with too many weak sucklings and not enough milk were turned around after many years of trying to come up with a solution. Poul Grøntved is a Danish pig producer. He owns a farm with 800 sows producing seven-kilo piglets. Like many other farms, Poul Grøntved has a growing litter size but struggled to increase the sows’ milk yielding to feed the growing litter. Lack ...
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Three Piglets Extra Due to New Protein
In October 2019, Dortheasminde started feeding EP199 to sows to improve their productivity. A choice that owner, Søren Kjær Poulsen, is very pleased with. By spending 23,5 EUR per produced sow per year, EP199 has resulted in an extra three weaned piglets per produced sow per year, 0.7 piglets more were weaned per weaning and 700 grams extra weight gain was recorded before weaning. ...
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Piglet Health Starts with the Sow
To ensure growth and support the development of the gut’s ability to absorb and utilize feed, pig producers use highly digestible protein for piglets. A healthy gut equals a sound immune system which the piglets need when they no longer receive antibodies through the sow milk. Unfortunately, few know that the health of the piglets is greatly affected through the sow feed during gestation ...
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Free DNA-Test Reveals The Truth about your Piglet and Sow Feed
How healthy are my pigs, and what’s the effect of the feed? Pig producers now get the answers to these questions through a free DNA-test. The protein producer European Protein offers free DNA-tests for producers when they try a new complementary functional protein that improves sow and piglet productivity. European Protein recently started testing several of their new customers´ sows ...
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Everything about Agricultural Lighting Systems you should know
The use of LED lighting in agriculture has skyrocketed its demand to much extent in modern times, not to mention the dimmable agricultural system. The advent of dimmable agricultural lighting systems proves to be the most useful and advanced technology that can fulfill farmers'specific requirements. With the help of the latest dimmable agricultural lighting system, modern farmers are aware of the ...
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