It is well documented that the microbiota of the equine hindgut is easily modified by dietary changes. However, the effect of forage type on the cecal environment is relatively unknown. Therefore, the purpose of this study ...

Newborn piglets are born with inadequate iron stores and are not able to receive the proper amount of iron in their mother’s milk thus resulting in iron deficiency. Iron deficiency in newborn piglets results in anemia and ...

Newborn piglets are susceptible to iron deficiency because of insufficient stores of iron at birth. The dosage of iron used in the industry today is one 200mg injection of iron at time of piglet processing. Gleptoforte is ...

Gleptoforte, another iron complex that contains gleptoferron, may be an effective source of injectable Fe to treat anemia in young pigs. However, little data is available that confirms the appropriate level of iron injection ...

Newborn pigs are extremely susceptible to iron deficiency because they are not born with adequate iron stores. Symptoms of iron deficiency include poor circulation, lethargy, and eventually death. In an effort to prevent ...

Improving fiber digestion of a low quality forage via protein supplementation has been demonstrated in cattle in a multitude of studies. Therefore, it was theorized that similar effects may be observed in the equine. Cecal ...

This study evaluated whether products containing medium chain fatty acids (MCFA) are able to replace antibiotics and feed additives, specifically ZnO and carbadox, in increasing nursery pig performance. In this 35 d ...

With a need for an antibiotic replacement, the objective of this study was to evaluate the differences between pigs fed medium chain fatty acids versus carbadox or zinc oxide. A total of 360 weanling pigs (DNA 200x400, ...

Temperament scoring systems encompass a variety of subjective and objective methods. Chute scoring may be the most common subjective method, and is often used by breed associations in their docility genetic evaluations. ...