The present study aimed to evaluate the effects of dietary soybean hull supplementation on the growth performance and ammonia gas emission from excreta of fattening pigs. Six crossbreed (M×Y×B) fattening pigs were assigned to two dietary treatments, as control (no soybean hulls added) and experiment (10% soybean hulls added) groups. There was no significant difference in the results of growth p...

Porcilis PCV is a biotechnology derived inactivated immunological veterinary medicinal product intended to be used for the active immunisation of pigs against Porcine Circovirus Disease (PCVD). First recognised in 1991 in Canada, Porcine Circovirus Type 2 (PCV2) is considered to be associated with a number of disease syndromes which have been collectively named PCVD. In particular, infection by...

Carcase and meat quality of young bulls raised on one of three fattening strategies from 224 to 450 kg were compared. One group was fed concentrates (CON), another group grazed on lucerne plus 1.8 kg DM barley/day (LUC) and the last group had the same management as LUC young bulls for 3 months and was then finished on concentrates for 2 months. Among carcase traits, only tissue composition diff...

Ammonia (NH3) emissions originate predominantly from manure. In outdoor pig production, excretory behaviour creates nitrogen (N) point loads. This study examined ammonia losses from pigs on grassland at two farms by calculating N field balances per pen and sub-areas preferred (P) and not preferred (NP) for excretion. Spatial variation in ammonia losses was measured with an equilibrium concentra...

A vaccine for porcine pleuropneumonia caused by Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae was studied in Croatia on a farm infected by agent serotypes 2 and 9. Vaccination with a commercial subunit vaccine was initiated in the second half of 1998 due to the immense economic damage caused on the farm by this disease. All prefattening and fattening pigs kept on the farm during the first three months of 199...

To determine the magnitude of the thermogenic response to a massive long-term overfeeding, an energy-balance study was carried out in nine lean, young Cameroonian men participating in a traditional fattening session: the Guru Walla. Food intake, body weight, body composition, activity, and metabolic rates were recorded during a 10-d baseline period and over the 61-65 d of fattening. Total energ...

Case presentation: This report presents a case of trichurosis diagnosed in a farrow-to-finish Belgian pig herd. The infection was associated with severe and persistent diarrhoea, growth retardation, emaciation and/or anaemia in 10 recently purchased gilts and in fattening pigs. In gilts, levamisole [8 mg (kg body weight)] administered once per os gave a good clinical response, as diarrhoea reso...

In a pilot study to investigate the health effects of swine confinement work on the respiratory tract pulmonary function tests and a questionnaire for respiratory symptoms were used. Complete data, including qualitative exposure information, were gathered for 132 owners of fattening, breeding, or closed pig farms. All measured pulmonary function values, except the FVC, were on average lower tha...

The productivity, slaughter parameters and weight of internal organs fattening young rabbits the White Giant breed additionally fed by probiotic supplement Probiol containing three types lactic acid bacteria (Streptococcus faecium, Lactobacillus plantarum, salius) have been researched. It was found out that additional feeding in amount 0.025 % to feed has a positive effect on survival indicator...

Livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (LA-MRSA) have been isolated from a number of livestock species and persons involved in animal production. We investigated the prevalence of LA-MRSA in fattening turkeys and people living on farms that house fattening turkeys. Eighteen (90%) of 20 investigated flocks were positive for MRSA, and on 12 of the farms 22 (37·3%) of 59 ...