Abstracts - Nutrition

Lactoferrin in the weaning pig diets permits to improve growth performance, reducing diarrhoea presentation and modifying intestinal morphology in the weaning period.

Increased amount of dietary fibre in the pre-mating diet improves the embryo survival and oocyte maturity in gilts.

The system of feeding and watering affects dry matter intake and water wastage of sows and weaning weight of piglets.

The authors suggest a ratio total lysine/digestible energy of 4.27 (g/Mcal) to achieve the maximal performance in pigs between 7,5 and 22,5 kg of body weight.

Introduction of food waste into the growing pig diets may be a useful strategy to reduce environmental burdens, with a small effect on growth performance and meat quality.

β-glucan in weaning piglet diets improves performance and offer benefits on immune. function of pigs challenged with E. coli lipopolysaccharide.

In early weaned piglets dietary nucleotide supplementation improves intestinal maturation and reduces diarrhoea incidence.

Glutamine acts as a trophic agent for intestinal mucosa when fed to weaned piglets

Energy and protein value of DDGS is higher than that of wheat grain for the growing pig, but the inclusion of DDGS in the diet results in impaired growth performance.