Abstracts - Nutrition

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.

Combined supplementation of antioxidant compounds can change the oxidative status of pigs and, meat lipid stability.

Stevia residue supplementation may enhance pig performance in finishing pigs.

Future research is needed to generate data on the main factors influencing the survival and transmission of ASFV in feed material.

Sodium butyrate and benzoic acid: an opportunity to improve growth performance and gut microbiota health in weaning pigs.

Dietary supplementation with flavor and multi-enzymes may be a useful strategy to enhance primiparous sows’ performance.

A reduction of dietary crude protein in finishing pigs during summer conditions does not affect performance and carcass quality.

Inulin supplementation has a beneficial effect on growth performance and carcass traits in growing-finishing pigs.

Microalgae supplementation in pig diets may enhance piglets’ gut health by promoting a prebiotic effect.

A high level of dietary fiber diminishes the adverse effects of heat stress during the gestation period.

Reducing dietary crude protein in a balanced diet with synthetic amino acids in finishing pigs can improve nitrogen utilization, meat quality and flavor.

Yeast products supplementation in growing-finishing pigs may improve meat quality and carcass traits.

Early feeding may be a suitable strategy to modulate intestinal development in young piglets.

Spirulina supplementation in gestation and lactation diets may affect colostrum quality and litter performance.

Citrus extract supplementation in growing-finishing pigs may improve meat quality and nutritional value of pork products.

Wheat and barley partially replacing corn shows health and intestinal microbial benefits in growing pigs.

Dietary Bacillus coagulans supplementation may improve performance and intestinal health in weanling pigs.

Increasing fiber in high-energy diets reduced fat deposition and mammary cell apoptosis in gilts.

Providing dietary lysine above current National Research Council recommendations in late gestation increases mammary development in gilts.

High digestible threonine to lysine ratio in high fiber diets for growing-finishing pigs does not improve performance.

Supplementation of Bacillus subtilis may improve piglet health and performance after weaning.

Dietary fiber may improve placental development in gestating sows.