Abstracts - Nutrition

Epidermal growth factor supplementation of piglet diets may stimulate intestinal piglet development and maturation at weaning

Pelleted canola meal may be a suitable protein source for piglet diets

Fluctuation in feed intake either every day or every 3 d had minimal effect on carcass fat to lean ratio compared with pigs fed restricted amount throughout the experiment.

Reducing the dietary crude protein content may stimulate feed intake in high temperature and humidity conditions

High quality diets may preserve piglet intestinal health just after weaning. However, lower quality diets may be offered in piglets weaned up to 28 d

Milk fat content in lactating sows was not affected by the dietary supplementation of conjugated linoleic acid however, milk conjugated linoleic acid content is increased

Multiparous sows enter easily to the electronic feeders than primiparous without effects on feeder aggressions

Feeding pregnant sows amounts above the requirement during the period of secondary muscle fiber formation affected muscle fiber characteristics

Dietary supplementation with antimicrobial peptide bovine lactoferricin-lactoferrampin improve piglet performance and intestinal health at weaning

Extra lipid supplies before farrowing may improve piglet survival

Hydrolyzed feather meal can be an excellent source of protein supplement finishing pigs

The use of salbutamol in finishing diets does not affect pig behaviour and physiology

Amino acid digestibility in corn distillers dried grains with solubles may be strongly affected by their origin but not for the distillery process

The use of sow dietary CLA supplementation through late gestation and lactation may improve piglet immunity and health status after weaning

Cereal carbohydrate compositon depends on cereal cultivar and may affect gut microbiota in piglets

Feed preference at weaning was improved by the inclusion of 1% of animal protein hidrolisate

Dietary chromium supplementation do not reduce the negative impact of the thermal stress

Reducing dietary lysine from 1.16 to 0.73% enhances proportion of oxidative muscle fiber in porcine muscle.

Feed extrusion increased dietary nutrient digestibility in gowing pigs

Piglet survival at farrowing and at weaning may be improved by sow dietary energy supply during gestation and lactation

Nutrient excretion may be reduced without affecting growth performance, bone variables, and carcass characteristics in growing-fattening pigs

The use of glycerine in pig diets does not negatively affect pig performance or frequency of histological lesions in tissues associated with methanol metabolism

The use of raw potato starch in weanling diets may reduce the negative effects of postweaning diarrhoea

The MUFA dietary supplementation during the first half of gestation may reduce the incidence of low birth weight