Meta-Analysis of Feed Intake and Growth Responses of Growing Pigs after a Sanitary Challenge
Researchers at INRA in France used published papers to examine the effects on growth rate and feed intake of pigs following digestive bacterial infections, poor housing conditions, lipopolysaccharide (LPS) challenges, mycotoxicoses, parasitic infections and respiratory diseases. They found that all the challenges resulted in a reduction in the performance parameters and, following digestive bacterial infections and mycotoxin ingestion, the pigs did not fully recover during the experimental period.