Abstracts - Nutrition

Sow lysozyme supplementation from late gestation to early lactation promotes health and performance due to the maintenance of the vaginal microbial flora.

Mulberry leaves as a protein source may improve meat quality and performance in finishing pigs.

High amino acid restriction and high CaCl2, but not neutral detergent fiber inclusion are effective to control growth in finishing pigs.

Dietary nucleotides supplementation may smooth the challenges associated with weaning.

The mineral methionine hydroxyl analogue chelate supplementation in sow diets contributes to fetal programming and improves progeny performance.

Effects of including Spirulina on piglet’s performance without affecting meat quality traits.

Multienzyme complex may be taken into account as a successful strategy to compensate nutrient variability in swine diets.

Soft pellet creep feed for piglets improves pre-weaning feed intake and promote intestinal health after weaning.

Fermented fed may improve gut microbiota and immune status of lactating sows.

The supplementation of feed ingredients containing condensed tannins has no negative impact on growth performance or the carcass characteristics in growing-finishing pigs.

Reducing dietary Zn levels in growing-finishing pigs does not affect their growth performance and carcass characteristics.

Beneficial impact on weaned piglets’ intestinal microbiota after B. subtilis supplementation by the diversity, composition, and metabolites of intestinal microbiota.

Natural betaine fed to sows during lactation and postweaning show benefits on performance only during summer months.

Enriched macroalga Enteromorpha sp. can be used as suitable organic alternative to inorganic salt supplements in growing pigs.

Nursery slow growth driven by protein restriction may be compensated and overcome at the growing-finishing period.

Sodium heptanoate and sodium butyrate protected with medium-chain fatty acids may have benefits on colonic microbiota.

Fibre supplementation may reduce sow aggressions during gestation.

High dietary levels of iron affects performance, hematological status, and intestinal function in growing-finishing pigs.

The addition of dietary starch in finishing pigs affects carcass and meat quality.

Timing and size of meals prior to farrowing may improve sow and litter performance.

SID Lys requirement determination for optimal growth performance in 7- to 15-kg weanling pigs.

Daidzein supplementation improves growth performance and meat quality in growing-finishing pigs.

Allium spp. extract supplementation in growing finishing diets may modulate intestinal microbiota in growing-finishing pigs.

Fibre inclusion in pre-weaning piglet diets does not improve growth performance nor gastrointestinal health.