Abstracts - Nutrition

Inulin reduces nutrient digestion in the upper gut and increases hindgut fermentation.

The antioxidant capacity of Ferulic Acid and Vitamin E supplemented to pig diets can improve meat quality.

Magnesium supplementation can increase reproductive performance in adult sows.

Digestibility of nutrients are decreased by increasing levels of inclusion of cellulose.

Within the power of this study, oral rennet supplementation does not increase piglet serum globulin concentrations.

Low-protein diets with balances amino acid profile decrease ETEC colonization in jejunal mucosa.

The use of carob pulp in fattening pig diets could be an economical feeding strategy in Mediterranean areas and improves the nutritional value of pork meat.

Feeding short-term reduced dietary P with phytase does not affect sow performance.

Soaking diet containing solely plant phytase provides a great potential for increasing ATTD of P.

Supplementation of encapsulated ZnO at a physiological level improves performance than native ZnO.

Vitamin E had highly reduced lipid peroxidation level in the ω3 supplemented groups compared to mineral selenium supplementation alone.

Insulin, ghrelin and leptin could be used as biomarkers to detect situations resulting in a poor energy balance.

The dietary fish oil inclusion may prevent  lameness appearance in  sows.

It is proposed that Enterococcus faecium NCIMB 10415 exerts an immune modulatory effect by increasing the numbers of intraepithelial lymphocytes.

Low inclusion levels of olive cake by-product at growing-finishing diets may improves growth performance and provide healthy fatty acid profile in fat tissues.

Increasing inclusion of field pea reduces dietary crude protein digestibility but without negative impact on performance.

These results revealed that commercial swine may be deficient in serum vitamin D at varying times of the year, and feed-supplement concentrations may vary.

These results suggest that it is possible to manipulate dietary insulin response in cyclic gilts and, thus, improve reproductive efficiency when feeding starch as the main energy source during the late luteal and follicular phases of the cycle.

Insulin, acylated ghrelin and cortisol could be used as biomarkers to detect situations resulting in a poor energy balance in order to improve handling programs.

Mussel meal can be used as protein sources in pig diets maintaining performance and meat quality.

The use of B. juncea in pig diets reduces feed intake and performance during de growing-finishing period.

The inclusion of brewery yeast hydrolyzate improves immune response in weanling pigs

Tryptophan requirement of pregnant sows increases from 1.7 g/d in early to 2.6 g/d in late pregnancy.

Higher NE content should be recommended for females slaughtered at 120kg of BW.