The intensification of global pig production has increased the pressure to reconcile productivity with animal health, food safety, and environmental sustainability. Phytogenic feed additives (PFAs)—plant-derived compounds including essential oils, oleoresins, phenolics, and polyphenol-rich extracts—have emerged as cand...
V. Papatsiros, Christos Eliopoulos, Lampros Fotos et al.· Applied Sciences· 0 citations
Over the past two decades, genetic selection has increased average total litter size in commercial sow herds from approximately 9–10 piglets to more than 14 piglets per farrowing, an achievement that has delivered clear economic benefit but has been accompanied by a parallel rise in pre-weaning mortality (PWM), which i...
V. Papatsiros, G. Papakonstantinou, N. Tsekouras· Agriculture· 0 citations
Livestock production occupies a paradoxical position with respect to climate change: farm animals are highly vulnerable to heat stress, feed and water scarcity, and climate-sensitive disease, while the sector contributes an estimated 14.5% of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, most of which is biogenic methane fro...
Lampros Fotos, G. Papakonstantinou, A. Pourlis et al.· The Scientist· 0 citations
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