How butyrate can help to combat PED
Butyrate may be a valuable tool in the fight against the dramatic effects of PED on the infected pig.
Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea (PED) has been affecting pig production worldwide. Next to strict ?biosecurity measures, producers can reduce the effects of the virus by strengthening the animal’s defence. Trials with butyrate in pig feed show promising results.
Over the last two years, a highly virulent strain of the PED virus has been associated with devastating outbreaks in the Americas and in Asia, and recent reports of PED cases in Ukraine have raised concerns about the threat of the highly vi
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