Abstracts - Nutrition

Dietary inclusion of protected organic acids may be useful as a suitable alternative to antibiotics.

Low-protein organic diets can achieve performance standards in lactating sows with small litters but not in large litter.

High inclusion of by-products in finishing diets may reduce feed cost but affects performance and carcass quality traits.

Aspergillus niger phytase supplementation may contribute to inorganic P reduction in grain-oilseed meal diets.

Dietary probiotics supplementation in weanling diets improve pig performance independently of the dietary lactose level used.

Energy allowance due to feeding level offered during gestation may affect litter size and weight at birth.

Low-protein diets may improve meat quality traits in growing-finishing pigs.

Buttiauxella phytase supplementation may be a suitable strategy to completely replace inorganic phosphate in swine diets.

Bioprocessed soybean meal may be a suitable protein source for piglet nursery diets.

L-proline supplementation during early-pregnancy improves litter size and birth weight in sows with negative energy balance.

Dietary spray-dried porcine plasma supplementation during lactation may improve litter performance in multiparous sows.

The increase in dietary free amino acids under heat stress conditions may be a suitable solution to overcome the lack of performance.

Post-ileal digestion of P it is dependent on the age of the animal and the P content in the diets, factors that could difficult the proper p digestibility estimation.

Dietary phytase superdosing may be a useful strategy in iron deficit status like after weaning occurs.

Use of species-specific probiotic Pediococcus acidilactici FT28 may enhance carcass traits and physicochemical properties of meat in fattening pigs.

Supplementing a phytogenic feed additives in pig diets may be an effective way control diarrhea promoted by Lawsonia intracellularis infection.

Flaxseed meal it is a suitable source of energy and AA that should be taken into account in feed formulation for growing pigs.

Additional fermented corn and soybean mix in corn soybean-based diets for lactating sows may improve sow and litter performance during lactation.

Enzymatically digested food waste may become a suitable feed or feed ingredient for growing-finishing pig without affecting meat quality and improving meat fatty acid profile.

Interaction between genetics and diet may be taken into account to feed the animals for a maximum growth potential.

Red dog has higher nutritional value than wheat middlings for growing pigs.

Soybean meal is preferred by piglets rather than Brassica napus or Brassica juncea but the use of these alternative protein sources does not affect piglet performance.

Increasing SID lysine during gestation may promote lean tissue gain on gilts and sows without affecting general performance.

This study was conducted to evaluate the underlying physiological changes during heat stress and the effect of betaine supplementation in lactating sows.