Abstracts - Nutrition

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.