Diet Selection of Pigs and Poultry

Intensive Rearing of Poultry and Pigs

Mycotoxins in Feed for Pigs and Poultry

Mycological and mycotoxicological analysis of many feedingstuffs and complete mashes for different animal species and categories have showen that the feed safety problem has been present for years. It is approved that mouldy feed can contain various mycotoxins, but among them in our conditions the most investigated are aflatoxins, ochratoxins, zearalenone and some trichotecenes. Based on labora...

Muscle Metabolism and Meat Quality of Pigs and Poultry

Structural and functional properties of the skeletal muscle determine the meat quality in agriculturally used animals. Post-mortem changes of these properties vary among individual animals and can eventually lead to occurrence of poor meat quality depending on environmental conditions at slaughter. In pigs, as well as in poultry species, the PSE meat condition [pale, soft, exudative meat] predo...

Role of Probiotics in Poultry Diet

Pharmacokinetic parameters of amoxicillin in pigs and poultry.

Pharmacokinetic studies are used to discover the fate of drug in the body. Knowledge of the route of removal, metabolic paths and the degree of efficiency are vital informations for the right dosage, which protects the body against potential drug toxicity (1ñ5). Amoxicillin (AMX) is a semisynthetic penicillin (2, 5, 6ñ8) belonging to aminopenicillin group with a wide range of bactericidal activ...