Abstracts - Nutrition

Maternal backfat depth in gestating sows influences on offspring growth and carcass lean yield.

Pigs can be fed diets including up to 240 g/kg canola meal together with 150 g/kg DDGS without affecting performance and carcass quality.

Lysine requirements for piglets fed antibiotic free-diets is higher than NRC (1998) recommendation.

These results demonstrate that management options can affect the reproductive performance and injuries of gestating sows in the ESF system.

Increasing DHA supplementation via algal biomass in maternal diets may improve piglet vitality after farrowing.

Modifications in faecal microbiota of sows by E. faecium are carried over to their offspring.

Compensatory growth had no effect on carcass quality with the use of by-products.

Artificial rearing is a good alternative to raise supernumerary piglets.

The ZnAA may reduce the negative effects of severe heat stress on ileal integrity.

The progeny of sows fed a high-fat diet have a higher total PUFA and n−6 fatty acid contents in the longissimus thoracis muscle.

Dietary treatments of ≥800 IU/kg feed showed beneficial effects for breeding swine in terms of bone mineral content and ultimate strength, decreased number of still born piglets, and greater vitamin D status in comparison with dietary treatments of 200 IU/kg of feed.

Fulvic acid increases growth performance and improve meat quality.

Pea starch can be used as an alternative source of starch for lactating sows.

New neonatal strategies of micronutrient supplementation to piglets may be required nowadays.

Plant extracted polyphenols may be a natural source additive to overcome diarrhoea in weanling pigs.

The use of lecithin in swine diets improve pork tenderness and of dressing percentage.

The addition of different sources of Se did not affect the immunoglobulin concentrations in the gilt or piglet.

Increasing weaning age has positive health effects and increase growth performance between weaning and 10 weeks of age.

Intestinal integrity, function, and metabolism can be compromised due to prolonged heat stress.

The results demonstrated therapeutic effect of valnemulin in pigs with serious SD and did not show therapeutic effect of chelated zinc.

Stage of gestation is the critical point when the sows in a pen with electronic feeding system.

Supplementing resveratrol to weaned piglets could have beneficial effects on growth performance, immune function and the microbial ecosystem.

The use of a satiety-inducing flavour in diet may promote feed efficiency in fattening pigs.

The use of 0.5 g/Kg of fermented garlic powder in the diet may improve ADG and ADFI in weanling pigs.