Abstracts - Nutrition

Dietary benzoic acid supplementation may improve growth performance, N retention while reducing the environmental impact in growing-finishing pigs.

Phytogenic feed additive supplementation to piglets challenged with F4-fimbriated enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli reduced the prevalence of fecal E. coli excretion and improved jejunal histomorphology.

Dietary supplementation of essential fatty acids during lactation may improve reproductive performance in multiparous sows but not in primiparous sows.

Data suggest that sows fed ad libitum eat what they need and can convert feed more efficiently into the piglets’ growth without additional weight loss.

Dietary choline supplementation in growing-finishing pigs may improve carcass traits without any negative impact on growth performance.

Dietary selenium enriched yeast supplementation in short period may have beneficial effects on intestinal health in growing-finishing pigs.

Dietary glyceryl polyethylene glycol ricinoleate supplementation may improve intestinal health in post-weaning piglets.

Milk biofortified with n-6 and n-3 may improves the immune status of sows and promotes positive transgenerational effects.

Supplementing a low-protein diet with diammonium phosphate may improve growth performance and the amino acid content related to meat flavor.

Osmoprotectants and antioxidant supplementation may reduce the negative impact of heat stress in growing finishing pigs.

Grain preserved with organic acids and butyric acid may promote nutrient digestibility and feed efficiency but may affect intestinal microbial balance.

Probiotic supplementation through gestation and lactation may improve sow performance and piglet health.

A framework for monitoring feeding behavior of grow-finish pigs in real time, using a low-frequency radio frequency identification system.

Iron and inulin supplementation may improve growth performance and meat quality in finishing pigs.

Increasing SID lysine and net energy can enhance growth performance and backfat thickness in growing-finishing pigs.

Phytogenic supplementation in weanling diets may exert growth promoter effects as in pigs during the nursery period.

Milk supplement composition and availability can reduce piglet mortality during suckling and promote SCFA-producing bacteria in the gut.

Dietary supplementation microbial additive may improve performance and intestinal health in growing-finishing pigs.

Reduction of dietary crude protein with balanced amino acid supplementation may not affect performance in growing-finishing pigs.

Maternal dietary supplementation with short- and medium-chain fatty acids may enhance productivity and health in sows and their litter.

Calcium and Vitamin D supplementation is not directly related to bone health and lameness prevention in gilts.

Cereal replacement by Illipe nut (Shorea stenoptera) in growing-finishing diets may improve carcass and meat quality traits.

Complex probiotic supplementation in growing-finishing pigs may improve feed efficiency and manure emissions.

Indole-3-propionic acid supplementation in weanling pigs may improve growth performance and intestinal health.