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Do we have the tools to reduce

antibiotics in swine production?

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Respiratory Challenges:

Breathing Space for Antibiotic Reduction?

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Toxin Risk Management

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The hidden danger of endotoxins in animal production

October 5, 2020

EW Nutrition

Find out more about endotoxins here Find out why LPS can cause endotoxemia and how intelligent toxin mitigation solutions can support endotoxin management. Each E. coli bacterium contains about 100…

Are endotoxins behind your low livestock productivity?

October 1, 2020

EW Nutrition

Find out more about endotoxins here Impaired health status of the animals in stressful situations or an aggravation of the disease after antibiotic treatment? The culprit might be endotoxins. What…

Necrotic enteritis: The complete overview

September 22, 2020

EW Nutrition

Eliminating necrotic enteritis from your operations starts from a good understanding of what it is, how to prevent it, and how to mitigate its effects on your poultry production. Necrotic…

Understanding and managing Strep suis in swine: The essentials

September 16, 2020

EW Nutrition

Strep suis causes vast losses in pig production and threatens human health, too. We still rely on antibiotics to control it – but we will have to change tactics to…

5 principles to consider when designing biosecurity programmes

June 14, 2020

EW Nutrition

Authors: Marisabel Caballero, Global Technical Manager Poultry – EW Nutrition, and Fellipe Freitas Barbosa, Team Lead Global Technical Management Swine – EW Nutrition Biosecurity is the foundation for all disease…

How producers keep the egg supply chain going amid COVID-19

June 5, 2020

EW Nutrition

The Covid-19 pandemic has increased consumer demand for eggs. This article discusses how the egg supply chain, from layer farms to supermarkets, works amid disruptions caused by Covid-19.

Respiratory Challenges: Breathing Space for Antibiotic Reduction?

May 22, 2020

EW Nutrition

Sub-therapeutic doses of antibiotic growth promoters (AGPs) were used for more than 50 years in poultry production to achieve performance targets – until growing concerns arose regarding antibiotic resistance (Kabir,…

Do we have the tools to reduce antibiotics in swine production?

May 21, 2020

EW Nutrition

The global swine industry is going through unprecedented challenges. On the one hand, the threat of the African Swine Fever virus is global, despite the fact it hasn’t arrived in…

Heat stress in poultry

May 11, 2020

EW Nutrition

What oxidative stress has to do with it, why it affects gut health, and how phytomolecules support mitigation strategies Stress in animals can be defined as any factor causing disruptions…

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Antibiotic reduction: The increased importance of high-level biosecurity

May 5, 2020

EW Nutrition

Biosecurity is the foundation for all disease prevention programs (Dewulf, et al., 2018), and one of the most important points in antibiotic reduction scenarios. It includes the combination of all…