Water quality in pigs[Nutrition]Valentino Bontempo Giovanni Savoini![]() Water is the most essential nutrient to livestock nutrition and must be considered as much as possible. It should be drinkable, it should not contain harmful substances and should be readily available for the animals concerned. |
Determining an optimum lysine:calorie ratio for barrows and gilts in a commercial finishing facility[Nutrimail]The dietary lysine optimization may reduce feed cost per kilogram of gain in pigs during the growing-finishing phase |
Management of hoppers with liquid diets[Management]Carles Casanovas![]() Since concentrated feeds were first used it has been possible to see that mixing them with water has certain advantages. Probably the most important are a higher consumption and an improved exploitation. |
Diagnosis of Porcine Respiratory and Reproductive Syndrome[What the experts say ]Susanna Williamson![]() In reproductive disease, submission of several whole affected litters is advisable to provide material for diagnosis of PRRSV and other diseases causing reproductive or neonatal problems. |
Supplementation with high-oleic sunflower oil and alpha-tocopheryl acetate: Effects on pork meat lipids[Nutrimail]Vitamin E acetate supplementation in high-oleic sunflower oil may improve meat lipid stability |
A moderate excess of dietary lysine lowers plasma and tissue carnitine concentrations in pigs[Nutrimail]Dietary excess of lysine reduces the concentration of g-butyrobetaine in muscle affecting the synthesis of carnitine |
Selenoprotein gene expression in thyroid and pituitary of young pigs is not affected by dietary selenium deficiency or excess[Nutrimail]Selenoprotein gene expression may not be a useful tool to assess body selenium status in pigs |