High levels of dioxins (PCDD/Fs) in pork were discovered in France and the Netherlands at the end of 2008. The contamination was rapidly traced back to a feed stock in the Republic of Ireland (RoI). Burning oil, used for the drying of bakery waste, appeared to be contaminated with PCBs. Consequently
Liver lesion prevalence in slaughtered finishing pigs in the Netherlands remained relatively high from the mid-1990s until 2004, although sufficient measures existed to control the main cause, an infection with the roundworm Ascaris suum. In July 2004 a new incentive mechanism was installed to induc
The aim of this study is the development and evaluation of a serodiagnostic assay for Mycobacterium avium (MA). After screening MA lipid fractions in an ELISA format, a polar lipid fraction was selected as antigen because of its superior recognition by serum antibodies in experimentally infected pig
Vorteile der Produktion nicht kastrierter Eber werden gesteigertes Wohlbefinden der Schweine, höhere Produktionseffizienz für Produzenten und eine bessere Wahrnehmung durch die Verbraucher sein. Die Produktion nicht kastrierter Eber setzt die Möglichkeit voraus, andere Verarbeitungswege für Produkte
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