Nutrition plays a major role in the immune response. The interaction of different dietary components with other factors such as environment, health status, and genetics plays an important role in modulating the immune response.

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Maternal flavour conditioning combined with organic and inorganic iron-supplemented creep feed on piglet and the effect on performance and haemoglobin status

Maternal flavor conditioning may improve the acceptance and efficacy of iron-supplemented creep feed as an alternative to iron injections in piglets.

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Exploring how an organic mineral mix affects antioxidant balance, immune health, and performance in sows and their offspring

Organic trace minerals supplementation of the sow diet may improve health and performance.

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Figure 1. Midshaft bony exostoses on the ribs of a slaughtered pig.

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Clinical case: Broken ribs

The slaughterhouse suspected animal welfare issues as a high number of healed broken ribs were found during the meat inspection of a batch of pigs.

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Negative dietary cation-anion difference and calcidiol supplementation in transition diets fed to sows and its impact on piglet survival, piglet weight, and sow metabolism

The modulation of dietary anion-cation difference may enhance sow performance.

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The effect of phytase supplementation on phosphorus utilization in growing and finishing pigs fed a low-phosphorus diet observed over a time series

Phytase enhances phosphorus utilization in growing-finishing pigs, but the effect is time-dependent according to supplementation.

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The effect of dietary 25-hydroxycholecalciferol on gut microbiota modulation, growth, meat quality and antioxidant status of growing-finishing pigs

Dietary 25-hydroxycholecalciferol supplementation may improve carcass and bone quality in growing-finishing pigs.

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AB Vista hosts feed intelligence conference in Dubai

The event explored how research findings can be practically applied to commercial situations to deliver improved profitability.

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Zinpro^® Corporation joins the Global Feed LCA Institute to drive sustainable feed solutions for a better tomorrow

Zinpro joins the Global Feed LCA Institute to help demonstrate the crucial role nutrition plays in enhancing animal health, wellbeing and performance while also contributing to more sustainable outcomes.

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NOVUS program supports grow-finisher profitability

The Scale Up™ Program for Grow-Finishers can help pork producers improve feed conversion ratio and support performance in a sustainable manner.

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Figure 2. (A-C) Necropsy sampling locations including diffuse fibrinosuppurative meningitis macroscopical appearance (D). The etiological agent was confirmed as Streptococuss suis serotype 2 by serotyping and sequence type 1 by Multi Locus Sequence typing (MLST).

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Metabolic status and mineral homeostasis under S. suis infection. What do we know?

S. suis outbreaks are frequently associated with co-infections and stress factors identified as potential triggers, but the natural infection process is not fully understood, so, we wanted to know what the condition is for naturally affected pigs.

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