Abstracts - Nutrition

High fiber diets reduce stress markers in group housing gestating sows.

The use of dietary Zn in montmorillonite hybrids for piglet diets improve performance and digestive parameters.

Lysozyme supplementation may reduce the negative impact of Escherichia coli K88 in weanling piglets.

The use of a zootechnical feed additive during gestation may reduce microbial pathogens in feces and improve IGA concentration in calostrum.

Perinatal flavour learning may reduce piglets’ stress from birth onwards.

Saponin-enriched diets may affect intestinal permeability but this not alter piglet performance.

Plasma insulin could be modulated by dietary carbohydrates in sows.

n-3 PUFA supplementation in the maternal diet may affect the intestinal development of the offspring.

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.