Abstracts - Nutrition

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.

Betaine supplementation may improve pork quality in growing-finishing pigs.

Sugary and salty food industry leftovers; an opportunity in feeding and the improving sustainability of the pig industry.

Prebiotic supplementation in sows could enhance piglet immunity.

Vitamin D supplementation may improve performance and efficiency in sows, weaning, and finishing pigs.

Gama-aminobutyric acid supplementation reduces liver inflammation improving the feed conversion ratio of growing-finishing pigs.

Probiotics supplementation in weanling diet may reduce risk of diarrhea in challenged piglets while combined with prebiotic compounds may reduce diarrhea in severe scenarios.

High feeding levels in early gestation does not improve litter and reproductive performance in primiparous sows.

Dietary fats with more saturated fatty acids provide higher energy values for growing pigs.

Recommended dietary fiber type for weaned and growing-finishing pigs.

Tryptophan as a strategy to improve growth performance, intestinal mucosal barrier integrity, and intestinal microbial ecology in weaned piglets.

L-Arginine and L-Glutamine supplementation as a dietary strategy to improve performance in multiparous lactating sows.

Bacterial phytase supplementation may improve performance and environmental impact of swine production while reducing dietary inorganic phosphorus in growing-finishing diets.

Sodium butyrate may enhance performance and intestinal health in growing-finishing pigs.

Low crude protein combined with enzymes as alternatives to therapeutic zinc in weanling pigs.

These results indicate that microbiota in feces, colostrum, and vaginal secretions of sows more easily colonized piglet intestines through a symbiotic effect.

Wheat aleurone in gestating diets may improve sow welfare while reducing production costs.