Ileitis in summer? The right nutrition can help

Ileitis, a nagging gut health problem in pigs, is caused by the bacterium Lawsonia intracellularis. Vaccination is available as a solution, but it also pays off to understand when and why the bacteria can thrive. That helps to define pig diets in order to give L. intracellularis less chance, writes pig nutrition expert Dr Francesc Molist of Schothorst Feed Research. Porcine proliferative enteropathy (PPE), often known as ileitis, is an important production intestinal disease with a huge economi