Abstracts - Nutrition

Glycine supplementation improves the intestinal immunological barrier function and the microbial composition in weanling piglets.

Exceeding nutritional requirements of branched-chain amino acids and arginine may improve sow and piglet performance as well as immune status by changes in colostrum and milk.

Ferulic acid and grape pomace meal may exert a growth promoter effect improving carcass characteristics.

Fermented bamboo powder may become a suitable fiber-rich ingredient to modulate microbiota and immune status in growing−finishing pigs.

Arginine supplementation in weanling pigs may improve growth performance and intestinal morphology independently of the supplementation method (feed or water).

Dietary inclusion of alfalfa meal during gestation may improve sow performance and reduce inflammation in sows and piglets.

Amarula (Sclerocarya Birrea A. Rich) nut cake as a potential alternative protein source for growing-finishing pigs.

Phytase supplementation may enhance nutritional value in diets containing soybean and rapeseed meals.

In terms of intestinal health, citrus flavonoids supplementation may contribute to reduce the use of antimicrobials in weanling pigs.

Tributyrin supplementation in gestating and lactating diets may improve sow performance and litter intestinal health.

Green tea by-products supplementation may improve meat quality.

The dietary supplementation with protected sodium butyrate did not modify the overall richness of microbiota composition in pigs until slaughter.

Lowering the dietary protein level in post-weaning diets may reduce the impact on diarrhoea at weaning.

Dietary supplementation of sows with Bacillus-based probiotics improves immunity, gut functional status and biofilm formation by probiotic bacteria in piglets at weaning.

Prebiotic supplementation based on inulin or dried Jerusalem artichoke in finishing diets could improve the meat quality.

Lactobacillus lactis supplementation in growing-finishing diets enhance pig’s performance and meat quality.

A combination of carvacrol, thymol, and cinnamaldehyde in weanling diets may improve growth performance, intestinal health, and gut microbiota in piglets.

Alpha-glycerol monolaurate inclusion on sow’s diet may change milk composition improving piglet health.

The dietary supplementation of β-glucan combined with vitamin E may improve performance and health in growing-finishing pigs.

Dehydrated orange pulp may become a sustainable feed ingredient for finishing pigs.

Sow oxidized beta-carotene supplementation does not affect sow and piglet performance.

Sow salicylic acid supplementation during lactation increases the birth weight and total iron-binding capacity of neonates.

Fermented mixed feed in finishing pigs improves performance, carcass, and meat quality.

Floor feeding large pellet creep feed starting 4 days preweaning improved nursery pig growth performance and fallout rates.