Abstracts - Nutrition

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

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

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

The replacement of animal plasma by swine hydrolyzed intestinal mucosa in weanling diets does not reduce piglet performance and gastrointestinal development

Amino acid and glucose upload in blood may be affected by the dietary starch source

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