Abstracts - Nutrition

Canola meal may be considered as a sustainable protein source for sow diets without affecting reproductive performance and health.

Low-protein diets in finishing pigs may improve nitrogen efficiency without affecting performance and carcass quality.

Dietary protein reduction together with amino acid supplementation may improve nitrogen retention in growing-finishing pigs.

Tannic acid supplementation may improve gut health in weaned piglets.

Increased dietary fiber supplementation in late gestation may enhance health and performance in sows and piglets.

Dietary glutamine supplementation after weaning can improve pig health and pork quality traits at slaughter.

Amino acid balanced low protein diets may reduce nitrogen excretion without affecting efficiency in finishing pigs.

Bacillus-based probiotic supplementation may reduce rotavirus effects in weaned piglets.

Co-supplementation of B. Subtilis and L-arginine in gestating sows may improve reproductive performance and litter quality.

Dietary high oleic soybean oil supplementation in growing-finishing diets may improve pork quality and shift pork fat toward higher unsaturated fatty acids and lower saturated fatty acids.

Dietary oil supplementation improves gut health at cold temperatures in growing-finishing pigs.

Lycopene supplementation may smooth intestinal challenges and intestinal injury in weanling pigs.

Glutamine and glutamate supplementation in late gestation and lactation improves sow performance and piglet growth.

Astragalus polysaccharide supplementation may improve growth performance and carcass and meat quality in finishing pigs.

Net energy is paramount for appropriate growth gain and final body weight in finishing pigs, without affecting nutrient digestibility and gas emissions.

Prebiotic xylo-oligosaccharides may enhance growth performance and gut health in weaning piglets.

Arginine in sows diet improves milk composition, promoting a healthier and more balanced gut microbiome at weaning.

Bacillus amyloliquefaciens effects on pig growth and meat quality.

Metabolic benefits of niacinamide in low-protein diets.

Fiber-rich diets at weaning may become successful feeding strategy in piglets.

This case reports the level of ergot alkaloids and duration of exposure found under field conditions in a herd that experienced a high neonatal mortality event consequent to agalactia in the sows.

Maternal L-malic acid consumption during gestation improves offspring muscle development and metabolic health.

Fermented pine needles may improve meat tenderness and antioxidant status without affecting carcass traits in finishing pigs.

Cottonseed protein isolate may be a suitable alternative to cottonseed meal in growing pigs.