Abstracts - Nutrition

The use of mat-feeding and swinging waterers may improve piglet performance.

Feed waste is independent of the through space, but it is seriously affected by feeder adjustment.

Prenatal exposure to anisic flavor through the maternal diet reduced weaning-associated problems in piglets and enhanced their health and welfare in the period after weaning.

Lactobacillus plantarum, microencapsulated organic acids or fermented soybean meal may be taken into account as antimicrobial alternatives for piglet diets.

The use of cracked corn in finishing diets may reduce the scores for stomach lesions.

Nursery pigs can tolerate up to 27.5% of CP without affecting performance.

Total parental feeding in preterm newborn piglets may have a negative impact on mucosal gut integrity.

The potential benefits of Xyn2 in the nutrition of weaned pigs should make it an alternative for industrial xylanase production.

Pellet quality is a key factor on the reduction of feed wastage.

Pork quality is not affected by glycerol and DDGS inclusion in finishing diets.

A good amino acid balance by supplementing crystalline amino acids may substitute fishmeal from weanling diets without affecting performance.

HP-DDG may replace soybean meal in the diets fed to finishing pigs without affecting performance.

The use of hulless low-phytate barley may improve nutrient digestibly reducing environmental pollution.

The use of inulin may improve dietary iron utilization in weanling pigs.

Multivariate modelling could be a successful tool to predict starch digestibility in young pigs.

Sow welfare may be directly related with floor space allowance and dietary fibre.

An excessive cereal heat processing may have detrimental effects on nutrient digestibility in piglets.

The use of fermented liquid feeding may improve dry matter digestibility in pigs.

Sanguinarine does not affect tryptophan metabolism and this does not improve pig performance.

Dietary n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids may affect parturition traits in sows.

The PUFA status in newborn piglet is directly related with the use of PUFA enriched diets during gestation and lactation.

An appropriate dietary threonine level is required to maintain mucosal barrier in weanling piglets.

In vitro techniques for starch digestion and glucose release may be a useful tool to predict glucose absorption in pigs.

Mannan-oligosaccharide supplementation may improve mineral digestibility.