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Practical diet formulation takes into account more than the response of the pig to increasing dietary energy. Available feed ingredients, feed processing capability, and economic value of average daily gain also have an impact on determining the most economical dietary energy level.

Dietary Mg supplementation has been observed to improve pork quality, specifically color and fluid loss.

Although many studies have shown that addition of fat to sow diets during late gestation can improve piglet status at birth and growth performance before weaning, less attention has been placed on the type of fatty acid in the diet and how specific fatty acids might improve piglet growth and survival.

The entrance of gilts to the production system and the strategies followed up to the first lactation is of vital importance for the economic cost-effectiveness of sows since these strategies have a direct effect on the subsequent productivity and longevity