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Webinar: Vitamin D3 Deficiency in Fattening Pigs - Global Overview and Its Implications

Enhancing muscle gain, immunity, and bone health in modern fattening pigs is more critical and challenging than ever, especially in a market where profitability, welfare, and sustainability are paramount.

Vitamin D3 is a vital nutrient that plays a crucial role in supporting these key functionalities in swine. Do modern herds have sufficient vitamin D3 levels?

Join our insightful webinar, ” Vitamin D3 Deficiency in Fattening Pigs: Global Overview and Its Implications” on September 26, 2024 at 15:00 Central European Time.

A panel of experts will delve into the importance of vitamin D3 for fattening swine, present recent findings on the global vitamin D3 status of pigs and explore the latest research on how improving vitamin D3 levels can enhance lean gain and efficiency without compromising welfare.

Don’t miss this opportunity to gain valuable knowledge and practical strategies to optimize the health and performance of your fattening swine.

  • Why is vitamin D3 so important for growth, immunity and bone development in fattening pigs?
  • Deep dive into the value and efficacy of the more bioavailable 25-OH-D3 form of D3 versus the classical dietary form
  • Findings from a global assessment of the vitamin D3 status of fattening swine – are fattening swine really deficient?
  • What is the latest research saying about vitamin D3 status and its effects on immunity, bone & joint health & growth

Speakers:  Masuf Hasan, PhD Candidate (Research Institute of Farm Animal Biology)

Verane Gigaud (Marketing & Business Development, Special Nutrients, EMEA at dsm-firmenich)

Jon Bergstrom, PhD (Swine Technical Expert, Animal Nutrition & Health, NA at dsm-firmenich)

Speakers

Masuf Hasan
PhD candidate – Research Institute of Farm Animal Biology, Dummerstorf, Germany

"The importance of blood vitamin D3 status in fattening swine"

Verane Gigaud
Marketing & Business development, Special Nutrients, EMEA – dsm-firmenich

"Overview of vitamin D3 status evaluation in fattening swine"

Dr. Jon Bergstrom
Senior Technical Support, swine solutions, NA – dsm-firmenich

"How improving 25-OH-D3 levels in blood can benefit fattening swine: the latest research"

  • Is 25-hydroxycholecalciferol (25-OH-D3) a good biomarker to evaluate bone and cartilage health in pigs?

    Is 25-hydroxycholecalciferol (25-OH-D3) a good biomarker to evaluate bone and cartilage health in pigs?

    19 Aug 2024

    Lameness, a welfare issue and a source of major economic losses in pigs, is also increasingly seen in finishing pigs. This is because the higher growth rate and lean tissue accretion of modern breeds carries a higher mineral demand which can result in the redirection of minerals away from bone deposition towards muscle growth and immunity. Lame or unhealthy pigs have been shown to have reduced serum levels of the form of vitamin D3 known as 25-hydroxycholecalciferol (25-OH-D3). It is therefore relevant to consider whether serum 25-OH-D3 could be used as a good indicator of bone health, to support interventions to avoid lameness. This article explores this by considering the metabolic basis of lameness, how this relates to vitamin D status, and how 25-OH-D3 supplementation can be used to improve bone health and reduce bone-related disease.

  • Understanding How Vitamin D Can Support the Health and Well-Being of Animals

    Understanding How Vitamin D Can Support the Health and Well-Being of Animals

    18 Dec 2023

    Adequate levels of vitamin D are critical to support animal and human health. Vitamin D is an essential nutrient that plays an important role in the physiological regulation of Ca/P and bone growth, and there’s increasing recognition for its importance in immunity. Currently, serum 25-OH D3 is the most widely accepted biomarker to measure levels of vitamin D in humans and animals due to its high blood concentration and long half-life. While vitamin D3 (present in some animal-based ingredients) and vitamin D2 (present in some plants) can be dietary sources to supplement the variable synthesis of vitamin D3 from sunlight and UVB exposure to skin, 25-OH D3 (Hy-D®) is a highly researched and commonly used dietary source to ensure optimum levels of vitamin D in food animals.

  • Dr. Maria Walsh shares vitamin D, mycotoxin research in gilts

    Dr. Maria Walsh shares vitamin D, mycotoxin research in gilts

    27 Sep 2023

    Dr. Maria Walsh, Global Marketing Director for swine with dsm-firmenich spoke with The Pig Site’s Sarah Mikesell at the 2023 World Pork Expo in Des Moines, Iowa, USA. “We're all about preparing and protecting the gilt right now at dsm-firmenich because it's a very valuable animal in the herd,” said Walsh. “They're expensive animals, so we want to make sure that they last in the herd as long as possible.”