L-Carnitine supplementation during suckling intensifies the early postnatal skeletal myofiber formation in piglets of low birth weight
L-Carnitine supplementation of piglet diets may reduce the negatieve impact of low birth weight
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Responses of pigs to Aspergillus niger phytase supplementation of low-protein or high-phytin diets
The use of an exogenous microbial phytase in growing diets may improve P digestibility and bioavailability
Canada - More toxic Fusarium graminearum chemotype more prevalent in western Canada
The Canadian Grain Commission reports a new more aggressive and toxic form of fusarium graminearum is quickly replacing the more familiar form in western Canada.
Response to dietary digestible energy concentration in growing pigs fed cereal grain-based diets
Dietary composition and digestible energy content variation during the grower phase may affect growth performance and carcass quality
EU - Farmers face animal feed shortage
Farmers face an imminent shortage of animal feed because a handful of countries are blocking the approval of genetically modified crops, the European Union’s farm chief warned on Monday.
Effects of chito-oligosaccharide supplementation on the growth performance, nutrient digestibility, intestinal morphology, and fecal shedding of Escherichia coli and Lactobacillus in weaning pigs
Dietary supplementation of chito-oligosaccharide may enhance piglet performance at weaning
Fiber in piglet feed
Fiber includes a great variety of components with different physicochemical properties that will affect the digestive processes, separately or by combining, in properties such as solubility, viscosity, formation of gels, water retention capacity, bulkiness, endogenous secretions, nutrient absorption, fermentations, intestinal transit, etc.
EU - Council adopts new rules for animal by-products
The Council today adopted a regulation modernising the EU rules for so-called animal by-products 2, following a first-reading agreement with the European Parliament.
Interactive effects of dietary fat source and slaughter weight in growing-finishing swine: I. Growth performance and longissimus muscle fatty acid composition
Pig performance was not affected by the fat source included in grower diets
Silver nanoparticles as a potential antimicrobial additive for weaned pigs
The use of silver nanoparticles in piglet diets may reduce microbial load of the small intestine at weaning
Provimi's Piglet Feed Program
Provimi BV introduces a new piglet feed program. The new piglet feed program is based on developments in the market.
EU - New regulation on the placing on the market and use of feed
The objective of this Regulation ((EC) Nº 767/2009), in accordance with the general principles laid down in Regulation (EC) No 178/2002, is to harmonise the conditions for the placing on the market and the use of feed, in order to ensure a high level of feed safety and thus a high level of protection of public health, as well as to provide adequate information for users and consumers and to strengthen the effective functioning of the internal market.
Organic acids: new opportunities in porcine nutrition
Due to their multiple effects at a physiologic and cellular level organic acids function as antimicrobials, modifiers of the intestinal flora, pH reducers, stimulants of pancreatic secretion and of the growth of intestinal microvilli, improvers of the gastric and intestinal flora, inhibitors of ammoniac production and of other metabolic depressors of growth, as well as energetic.
Estimates of energy requirements during gestation and lactation in sows
Commercial diets does not satisfy DE requirements in late gestation and lactation
Screening of isolated lactic acid bacteria as potential beneficial strains for fermented liquid pig feed production
The use of selected lactic acid bacteria strains may be very useful to start feed acidification in liquid feeding diets
Oral administration recombinant porcine epidermal growth factor enhances the jejunal digestive enzyme genes expression and activity of early-weaned piglets
Epidermal growth factor supplementation of piglet diets may stimulate intestinal piglet development and maturation at weaning