Abstracts - Nutrition

Maternal methyl donor supplementation affects growth performance, carcass traits, and meat quality of the offspring.

Dietary Eucommia ulmoides leaf extract supplementation may affect lipid metabolism and reduce carcass fat deposition in growing-finishing pigs.

Dietary gallic acid supplementation in weanling diets may exert a positive impact on health status and performance especially in low weaning weight piglets.

Carbohydrase supplementation in lactation diets may positively affect sow and piglet gut microbiota composition.

High-dosing A. oryzae phytase supplementation may have a beneficial impact on digestibility, performance and carcass traits in growing-finishing pigs.

While tail biting is multifactorial, an imbalance in the microbiota-gut-brain axis, modulated via the diet, should be considered as a pathway for the development of tail biting.

The addition of high oleic soybean oil to growing-finishing pigs' diet improves growth performance and backfat thickness.

Milk replacer enriched with wheat may promote early gut maturation.

Dietary lysolecithin supplementation may improve litter growth while preserving sow body reserves.

Carcass, meat quality, and oxidative stability are dependent on dietary Zn level in growing-finishing pigs.

Fermented wheat bran and yeast culture show positive functional effects on immune response and intestinal morphology in growing-finishing pigs.

Supplemental synthetic milk could be a feasible measure to improve the health and reduce the number of deaths of piglets.

Sow L-carnitine supplementation improves litter size and offspring muscle development.

Selenomethionine may improve meat quality and selenium deposition in finishing pigs.

Brine mineral water may enhance performance and immune response in growing-finishing pigs.

Dietary folic acid supplementation may improve growth performance and intestinal morphology of weaned piglets.

High fibre intake during parturition and lactation may improve health status and reduce faecal pathogen bacteria excretion.

Ferulic acid supplementation may improve growth performance and carcass traits in growing finishing pigs.

Chicory root supplementation may improve blood plasma prooxidative-antioxidative balance in growing pigs.

Apple pomace supplementation in weanling diets may improve performance and intestinal health.

Dietary supplementation of spray-dried plasma during gestation and in lactation improves sow and litter performance.

Guanidonacetic acid supplementation improves pig feed efficiency, carcass and meat quality.

Timely adjusted amino acid concentration to requirements to circadian rhythm may improve performance and carcass quality in growing-finishing pigs.

β-mannanase supplementation in weanling diets may allow the reduction of feed costs with similar performance and health status.