Tackling ileitis by boosting immunity

Finisher pigs may be helped by the use of trace minerals. - Foto: Mark Pasveer
Finisher pigs may be helped by the use of trace minerals. - Foto: Mark Pasveer
The use of performance trace minerals to bolster the immune system can help swine producers reduce the losses associated with clinical and subclinical ileitis. Adopting resilient control solutions is becoming increasingly important as options for control become more restricted. Ileitis remains a widespread and financially significant problem, reducing growth rate and unit throughput and increasing mortality. It is becoming more of an issue as the global swine industry moves to reduce the use of


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Vincent
ter Beek

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Kees van
Dooren

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Treena
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