pigs

Vitamin and mineral levels given to pigs in China and Brazil exceed recommendations. Photo: Ronald Hissink

18-04 | Article

Vitamin and mineral levels in pig diets in China and Brazil

Gestating sows in hot conditions, on a farm near Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Photo: Vincent ter Beek

25-06-2021 | Article

Heat stress is not only an environmental issue

The aim should be to reduce the thermoregulatory effort for pigs, so that they can recover quickly after heat stress. Photo: IFIP

03-05-2021 | Article

Can we face heat waves with adapted feeding strategies?

Africa’s well-known acacia tortilis tree is also known as the umbrella thorn tree with its spready canopy of branches and leaves. Photo: Maahid and David Clode

22-12-2020 | News

Acacia leaf meal as feed for finishing pigs

An important thought behind fibre rich feed is that piglets are born faster, and that milk starts flowing swiftly. Photo: Ruud Ploeg

07-12-2020 | Article

Top producing sows need extra fibre

The newly weaned piglets have a feeder in the pen to offer the animals dry food in addition to liquid feed. Photo: Henk Riswick

07-12-2020 | Article

Health and well-being paramount on Finnish pig farm

When pigs from infected and naïve flows are co-mingled at the end of the nursery, infected pigs can triple within the population every week. Photo: B.v.d.Wense

07-12-2020 | Article

7 recent advances in understanding Lawsonia

The results of the study show that increasing dietary SID lysine increased final BW, ADG and G:F. Photo: Ronald Hissink

24-11-2020 | Article

SID lysine requirement for high lean weanling pigs

In a new type of wet/dry feeding system water and the compound feed are kept separate up to the point of delivery to the feeding trough. Photo: Ramon Muns

21-10-2020 | Article

Different water-to-feed ratios in growing-finishing pigs