Advantages of Organic Acids for Feed and Feed Raw Materials
Renata Urbaityte, Technical Manager for Biomin Holding, explains how a blend of organic acids can affect diet pH and its buffering capacity to maintain the health and improve the performance of pigs.

Swine Dysentery – a Question of Nutrition?
Veterinary treatment, disinfection and fly and rodent control, feed formulation and feed additives all play a significant role in the control of swine dysnetery, according to Franz Waxenecker, Director Product Development for Biomin GmbH.

Antimicrobial Sensitivity Testing and Heat Treatment on Orego-Stim Powder
Results from the company's own laboratory and from University Putra Malaysia demonstrate that Meriden Animal Health's Orego-Stim Powder is highly effective against the multi drug-resistant strains of bacteria, and that it is stable in the feed following...

Biotronic SE Forte - New Scientific Trials
Two trials are reported by Biomin's Nataliya Roth on the efficacy of its acidifer, Biotronic SE Forte. The experiments investigated the effects of the product on the performance of broilers and young pigs.

Porcine Intestinal Adenomatosus (Pig Ileitis)
The causes, different clinical forms and control/treatment of ileitis are covered in this article from Meriden Animal Health.

Orego-Stim Optimises Intestinal Growth and Function
A Korean study demonstrates that piglets receiving a natural phytogenic feed additive (Orego-Stim from Meriden Animal Health) showed significantly increased intestinal enzyme activity and maintained higher enzyme activity for approximately seven days....

R&D - Keys Rules for Greater Return
By Dr Grant Walling, Director of Research and Genetics for JSR Genetics, explains how companies within the food production and retail sectors can get better value from their R&D, and target their spending in the most appropriate areas.

Latest Vaccine Research from PCVD Forum
As part of its ongoing commitment to research and development into PCV2, Merial held its inaugural PCVD Forum in Athens where 350 pig veterinarians from across Europe exchanged information and views on Porcine Circovirus-associated diseases (PCVD).

How to Improve Sow and Litter Performance Using Orego-Stim
Research from the University of Minnesota showed that sows receiving a natural phytobiotic feed additive (Orego-Stim from Meriden Animal Health) had larger litters in total and born alive, and the sows had superior breeding scores to the controls. The...

Learning Pig Health and Welfare Virtually
Learning what can go wrong on a pig farm and how to cope with outbreaks of sickness is an essential part of production management, writes ThePigSite senior editor, Chris Harris.

Piglet Coccidiosis
Piglet coccidiosis is caused by a protozoan parasite called Isospora suis. Although Eimeria debliecki has been known to cause clinical disease in piglets, it seems that the only important pathogenic species known to cause clinical...

Fine-Tuning Feed Additive Management
Marnie van Barneveld, Product Application Manager for Biomin Australia Pty Ltd, explains that farmers should focus on efficiency indifficult economicconditions, not just cost-cutting.

Five Ways to Address Summer Infertility in Pigs
Julian Wiseman, Professor of Animal Production, at the University of Nottingham introduces the topical problem of summer infertility in pigs in a discussion with Dr Grant Walling, Director of Research and Genetics at JSR Genetics to provide expert advice...

Information on Influenza A (H1N1) Control
Hygiene and emergency disease outbreak information for influenza A (H1N1) from DuPont Disinfectants.

Action for Productivity
A series of guides on practical topics from BPEX.

The Best Invest
Future efficiency, expansion and success all relate directly to investment. In simple terms, the more you put in, the more you get out. In order to remain competitive, UK pig producers need to channel their investments. Glenn Dames, Managing Director...

Before Vaccinating against Respiratory Diseases, Calculate
Decisions to vaccinate growing pigs against respiratory disease is usually based on past experiences of clinical problems – or perhaps as a result of adverse British Pig Health Scheme (BPHS) reports – and therefore, the need to protect the next batch...

Top Tips For 2009 - Financial Fluency
James Christian, Finance Director for JSR Farming Group offers his top ten tips for business survival in this difficult year.

Soil Association Publishes Organic Market Report
The Soil Association has just published its Organic Market Report 2009. The highlights for the pig industry have been selected by Jackie Linden, editor of ThePigSite. Last year, sales of organic food in the UK increased by 1.7 per cent but the...

Segregated Parity Structure on Breeding Farms
This paper presents the rationale for segregating sows on a farm into age-dependent sub-populations in order to take advantage of nutrition, management and health opportunities. It was presented by R. Dean Boyd (The Hanor Co) and Noel Williams (PIC USA)...

Food Safety Crisis 101: Maple Leaf's Keys to Restoring Confidence
It was arguably the largest food recall in Canada's history. So, what did Maple Leaf Foods Inc. learn from the listeriosis crisis? Rory McAlpine of Maple Leaf Foods Inc. shared his company's experiences with delegates at the Banff Pork Seminar 2009.

If My Business Was a Pig Farm...
Professor David Hughes of Imperial College in London posed this question as the title of his presentation at the first National Knowledge Transfer Event organised in the UK by BPEX. Jackie Linden, editor of ThePigSite, reports on the views of the Emeritus...

Health and Performance Improvements of Pigs Treated with DRAXXIN® (tulathromycin) Injectable Solution for Swine Respiratory Disease Under Field Conditions
Thayer C. Hoover, DVM from Pfizer Animal Health reviews the literature on the efficacy of Draxxin against swine respiratory disease and the positive effects of the product of pig performance.