Abstracts - Nutrition

The dietary inclusion of Houttuynia cordata and Taraxacum officinale leads to an improvement of the growth performance, inmune defense and meat quality in finishing pigs.

GE and TDF digestibility of novel carbohydrates sources for growing pigs.

The effects of some antibiotics on the intestinal microbiota does not explain a growth-promoting effect.

Conjugated linoleic acid in pig diets may improve marbling and pork quality.

Arginine has a key role in metabolism regulation in weanling pigs.

Increasing tryptophan:lysine ratio from 15 to 21% in DDGS rich diets improves carcass yields in finishing pigs.

The use of cracked corn in pelleted diets may improve performance and reduce gastric ulcer scores in fattening pigs.

The inclusion of ClO2 in drinking water can enhance the growth of pigs during the finishing phase.

Feeding 25OHD3 to gilts may have a positive impact on the red meat yield of their offspring.

Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG does not ameliorate the negative effects caused by E. coli F4-in challenged piglets.

Oat by-products are a potential antioxidant for pig diets enhancing the oxidative stability of pork.

A dietary supplementation of 50 ppm of L-carnitine improved some productive traits in finishing pigs.

Increasing feeding allowance to gestating sows does not provide major benefits to the offspring.

The inclusion of osteopontin in milk formulas protects against necrotizing enterocolitis in preterm piglets.

Dietary protein:carbohydrate ratio of the diet may affect fetal growth sow’s during pregnancy.

N-acetylcysteine reduces the intestinal damage in piglets by lipopolysaccharide.

Medium-high lysine content diet, the best combination of immunologically castrated pigs.

Oriental medicinal plants as positive alternative to antibiotics in fattening pigs.

n-3 LCPUFA can have a detrimental impact on the cecum Bacteroidetes community in piglets

Digestible and Metabolisable energy of corn coproducts for finishing pigs can be accurately predicted by using different nutrient components.

Fermentable fibre may change luminal microbial ecology by fermentable protein-induced changes in piglets.

Wet-dry feeder and pelleting may play an important role on the improvement of ADG and F:G in finishing pigs.

The effects of ractopamine on growth performance in finishing pigs is independent of the energy content.

The increase in dieterary fiber it is not enough to reduce stereotypic behaviour in static group housed sows.