Abstracts - Nutrition

The dietary inclusion of wheat straw during the gestation phase improves sow and litter productivity.

Dietary vitamin A supplementation does not affect major fatty acid composition of intramuscular lipids, but leads to a higher C16:0 and total SFA concentration in liver lipids.

Dietary heating may enhance piglet performance by increasing feed consumption just after weaning

The use of sodium butyrate just after weaning may help to stimulate gastric mucosal maturation

Tryptophan supplementation of piglet diets may help to reduce the negative impact of E. coli at weaning

Pea protein concentrate and fullfat soya bean have a negative impact on piglet performance and ileal digestibility compared to regular SBM

Dietary supplementation with soybean hulls and metal amino acid chelated minerals may reduce noxious gas emissions during growing fattening period

Nutrient digestibility may be enhanced by ß-glucanase-protease enzyme blend product supplementation of growing diets

The expression of the responsible genes for trapping, release and storage of fatty acids and glucose may be modulated by altering n-6:n-3 ratio of the diet in pregnant sows

AI boar longevity may be improved by using an adequate feeding programme without affecting semen production and quality

The inclusion of crude glycerol in nursery diets may reduce feeding costs by enhancing feed mill efficiency

In dry feeders/hoppers feed should slightly cover more than half of the feed pan to avoid limiting pig performance

The dietary supplementation with L-Carnitine during late gestation and lactation in sows may increase L-Carnitine level in sow milk, and improve piglets' performance

Dietary ractopamine supplementation in pig diet during the fattening period may improve carcass and primal cuts without affecting pork qualty

The supplementation of slowly released tributyrin and lactitol in piglet diets may overcome the adverse effects of vegetable protein sources during the nursery phase

Independently of the nature of the Fe source in sow diet, the Fe injection at birth it is critical to achieve optimum growth of piglets

A feed restriction protocol of 21 days in the finishing phase followed by ad libitum feeding programme since to slaughter may improve efficiency in growing-finishing pigs

Tissue fatty acid composition in pigs may be directly modulated by dietary fatty acid profile

The use of the dry defraction method of corn grains and steam drying during the fermentation process produces higher digestible DDGS for swine

The use of complex nursery diets with the same flavour of creep feed may stimulate feed intake just after weaning

Increasing total feed intake of sows during lactation may improve litter gain and sow productivity

The use of rice protein concentrate in weanling diets may reduce feed costs and improve growth performance in piglets

Cereal hemicellulose fibre reduces apparent ileal digestibility of amino acids by increasing endogenous losses

Increasing weaning age and decreasing dietary protein level may help to minimise the effects of post-weaning colibacillocis on performance