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Taiwan, with a population of about 23.4 million, is a relatively small island nation located close to China’s east coast. While Taiwan has been successful economically, its agriculture represents only 1.5% of its GDP. That doesn’t prevent the country from having one of the highest rankings in terms of meat consumption: 43kg of poultry meat per person and per year (50% of the total) and about 35kg of pork. Data on swine production supplied by the Council of Agriculture shows t

Pre-weaning mortality (PWM) is a major concern for both animal welfare and productivity in the global pig farming industry. Sows are becoming more prolific but despite various improvements in disease management, facility design, and overall piglet care, the number of piglet deaths before weaning is still increasing. That is, on farms not using Tonisity Px. Tonisity’s Unique Solution to Reduce PWM Tonisity Px is the first isotonic protein drink, designed to be administered to

In the last 30 years, Vietnam has transformed from one of Asia’s poorest countries to an “emerging economy” and during that time food consumption, including that of meat, has grown significantly. While the typical Vietnamese meal used to be based on rice and vegetables and meat was only consumed on special occasions, it is now normal to have meat in every meal. Vietnamese now eat four times more meat than 30 years ago. In 2021, the pork consumption per capita in Vietnam amoun

Dublin, Ireland (July 4, 2023) – Elanco Animal Health Incorporated (“ Elanco ”) (ELAN:NYSE), a global leader in animal health, and Tonisity International Limited (“ Tonisity ”), an animal health and nutrition company based in Ireland, have expanded their partnership to sell Tonisity’s novel, gut enhancing porcine product, Tonisity Px™, into the Philippines. Further to the joint news release dated November 15, 2022, Elanco and Tonisity entered into a distribution and promotion

Dublin, Ireland (May 18, 2023) – Elanco Animal Health Incorporated (“ Elanco ”), global leader in animal health, is set to begin distributing Tonisity International Ltd.’s (“ Tonisity ”) range of gut enhancing swine products. Tonisity is an animal health and nutrition company based in Ireland, and last November, entered into a Distribution and Promotion Agreement with Elanco in respect of Tonisity’s novel, gut enhancing swine products, Tonisity Px™ and Tonisity PxW™. Under th

In this first article in Tonisity’s two-part series on infection protection in pig herds, we discuss external infection from purchased animals, delivery of animals (including animals for export and carcasses) and people (including items brought into the barn). Infection protection covers several measures that can be carried out internally or externally, and the common purpose is to protect the herd from disease-causing infectious agents, bacteria and viruses. It is important

In order to minimise production costs and maintain their competitiveness, swine producers use several performance indicators, such as feed conversion (FCR), litters per sow per year, pigs per litter, or amount of pig meat produced per sow per year. In this article, we will discuss how litter size has been evolving in recent years and how it can possibly be improved. Litter size is an important parameter because it directly impacts the farm output and the number of sows requi

One of the challenges in the farrowing house is to maintain the correct temperature for both the sow and the piglets. Sows need a temperature of around 22°C during farrowing and 18-20°C thereafter, while piglets require around 34°C when they are born and about 28-30°C in the following days. This is very important for two reasons. Firstly, if a sow is in an environment that is too warm (outside of their comfort zone), it will be a challenge for them to consume enough feed, thu

The problem Both an issue of welfare and production efficiency, heat stress represents a global challenge in pig production. Correlated with the climate change predictions, we can only assume that the effects of heat stress will increase in severity in the coming years. Until recently, the only way to mitigate heat stress was by modifying the environmental factors on farm, but additional strategies, like nutritional cutting-edge techniques, are necessary to respond to the los

A common misunderstanding in the market is that only small or sick piglets need support. Of course, they need it. But because of this misconception, many producers use Tonisity Px only on small or weak piglets, also known as runts. Why Tonisity Px should be given to small piglets Small piglets need extra care. Usually, when we give them Tonisity Px,the results are spectacular. The Tonisity Px solution is easy to use, piglets love to drink it, so it is a good tool to encourag

Neonatal piglet diarrhea is a very common and relevant problem in modern pig production. It is associated with increased pre-weaning mortality, poor growth rates and variation in weight at weaning. The newborn pig has an immature mucosal immune system at birth allowing pathogens to colonise the gastrointestinal tract immediately after birth. Most common infectious causes of neonatal diarrhea: Rotaviruses cause diarrhea in nursing and post-weaned pigs, affecting primarily the

In total, Tonisity R&D has completed seven Tonisity Px studies in China and all the results were combined in this meta-analysis, to evaluate the effects of administering Tonisity Px on piglet weaning weight, pre-weaning mortality and the proportion of full-value pigs at weaning. We would like to thank Candice Kang (Tonisity Swine Business Manager for China), and consultants Dr. Qingyan Qiao and Dr. E Wayne Johnson of Enable Ag Tech in Beijing for supervising all the studies.