Abstracts - Nutrition

The B vitamin levels recommended in NRC (1998) still fits with the requirements of the recent genetic improved pigs

Feeding sows with diets containing high dietary fibre content may be a successful strategy to reduce stress during gestation

Dietary sweeteners in piglets diets may reduce the starvation period after weaning

Feeding sows organic trace minerals may improve sow reproductive performance

Glucose curve characteristics and insulin sensivity may affect litter performance and sow productivity

Bacillus supplemented diets may improve pig performance during the grower-finisher phase and reduce the time spent to pen cleaning

Phytase supplementation combined with organic acids may reduce piglet diarrhoea at weaning

Linseed or fish oil supplementation of growing finishing diets does not improve meat quality in pigs

Ergot contaminated diets may affect sow and litter performance by reducing milk production

Liquid feeding system improve pig performance compared to conventional feeding systems during the growing/finishing phase

Feeding space availability at weaning may affect feed conversion ratio and diarrhoea scorings in piglets

The inclusion of high levels of dietary fibre during the gestation phase does not affect sow reproductive and productive performance

Feeding Mg supplemented diets at the end of the pig finishing phase may reduce stress response from handling and transport prior to slaughter

High levels of dietary crude protein before parturition may have a negative impact on productive and reproductive parameters

L-carnitine supplementation improves sow productive and reproductive performance

The use of vitamin C and ß-carotene in weanling diets does not improve piglet performance or antioxidant activity

Hydrolyzed proteins of intestinal mucosa, yeast and isolated soybean protein may be taken into account as alternative protein sources for piglet diets

The reduction of dietary CP content at weaning with AA supplementation improves nitrogen utilization without affecting piglet performance and intestinal morphology

Low levels of L-arginine supplementation in piglet diets are more effective than high levels on intestinal microvascular development

CLA deposition is not limited by the total dietary lysine level in CLA-fed heavy pigs

Sows fed a diet supplemented with 0.30% of psyllium showed higher body weight along the reproductive cycle but weaned lighter piglets

A minimum level of 1.30% of true ileal digestibility Lys is required to improve ADG and F:G in pigs between 11 to 27 kg of body weight

Piglets eating creep feed during lactation have better small intestine functionality at weaning.

A rice based diet may be more favourable for the transition of weaned piglets compared to a maize based diet.