Abstracts - Nutrition

Milk thistle seed supplementation (3-6%) in finishing pigs can improve meat quality and oxidative stability.

With a multienzyme supplement, net energy and amino acid can be lowered in growing-finishing pig diets without effects on growth performance.

The addition of phytases derived from E. coli, appAT1 and appAT2, significantly improved the final BW and FCR of pigs.

Feeding increased lysine and metabolizable energy prior to farrowing can increase sow body weight and backfat.

Rapeseed meal and faba beans can be a suitable alternative to soybean meal in terms of meat quality.

Dietary fat can be used selectively on farms to increase the average daily gain of the lightest pigs.

A combination of soluble/insoluble fiber promotes growth performance in weaning piglets.

Dietary chitosan might improve piglet performance and immune status.

Neither feeding level nor diet type during the weaning to estrus interval had an impact on sow reproductive performance.

A water-to-feed ratio of 3.5:1 DM would be recommended for growing-finishing pigs.

Rapeseed meal seems to promote the development of protective gut microbiota.

The addition of phytase in piglet diets improves their performance due to a better utilization of phytate-P.

The supplementation of yeast probiotic from egg white fermentation might promote gut health in weaned piglets.

The optimal time for carcass yield to make a dietary switch might be 28 days before marketing.

For the feed delivery methods compared, the wet/dry feeding of a pelleted diet was found to maximize growth rate while optimizing G:F in grow-finisher pigs.

Fish oil supplementation during late gestation and lactation alters the n-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids composition in the red blood cells and livers of piglets.

Replacement of starch by sunflower oil during high ambient temperature conditions can improve carcass yield and efficiency of grow-finish pigs.

Dietary supplementation with gallic acid might reduce the incidence of post-weaning diarrhea.

Soaking and enzyme supplementation of liquid-fed grow-finish pig diets can improve nutrient digestibility.

In terms of reproduction and litter performance, a combination of inorganic and organic selenium sources might be beneficial in diets for breeding sows.

Flaxseed oil, poultry fat and vitamin E supplementation can improve the nutritional value of pork.

A Bacillus-based probiotic can improve the feed conversion ratio in growing-finishing pigs.

Mixed plant oils can be a more effective energy feed for weanling pig diets than soybean oil alone.

Ractopamine supplementation in gestating sows does not exert any positive effect on piglet vitality and weight at birth.