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Use of plant extracts in swine

The swine production industry has a growing interest in the use of essential oils. Essential oils are products of complex origin. They have antimicrobial and antioxidant effects, they stimulate appetite and intestinal secretions and they are even immunostimulants.

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Whey Products in piglet diets

A large body of research data exists on the response of pigs to whey. Good quality whey protein contains all the protective components of milk protein.

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A tryptophan-enriched diet improves feed intake and growth performance of susceptible weanling pigs orally challenged with Escherichia coli K88

Tryptophan supplementation of piglet diets may help to reduce the negative impact of E. coli at weaning

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Pea protein as a substitute of soya bean protein in diets for young pigs: effects on productivity and digestive traits

Pea protein concentrate and fullfat soya bean have a negative impact on piglet performance and ileal digestibility compared to regular SBM

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Effect of dietary soybean hulls and metal-amino acid chelated mineral supplementation on growth performance, nutrient digestibility and noxious gas emission in growing pigs

Dietary supplementation with soybean hulls and metal amino acid chelated minerals may reduce noxious gas emissions during growing fattening period

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Effect of dietary supplementation of an enzyme blend on the ileal and faecal digestibility of nutrients in growing pigs

Nutrient digestibility may be enhanced by ß-glucanase-protease enzyme blend product supplementation of growing diets

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Peripartal feeding strategy with different n-6:n-3 ratios in sow: effect on gene expression in backfat white adipose tissue postpartum

The expression of the responsible genes for trapping, release and storage of fatty acids and glucose may be modulated by altering n-6:n-3 ratio of the diet in pregnant sows

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Effect of different feeding regimens on growth, longevity, and semen characteristics of working boars in a commercial AI stud

AI boar longevity may be improved by using an adequate feeding programme without affecting semen production and quality

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Effect of feeder adjustment on growth performance of growing and finishing pigs

In dry feeders/hoppers feed should slightly cover more than half of the feed pan to avoid limiting pig performance

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Effect of crude glycerol on pellet mill production and nursery pig growth performance

The inclusion of crude glycerol in nursery diets may reduce feeding costs by enhancing feed mill efficiency

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Dietary strategies to reduce food-borne pathogens in pigs

In preliminary studies post-weaning diarrhea-causing E. coli and Salmonella populations were reduced by feeding colicins to weaned pigs.

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Intestinal metabolism of weaned piglets fed a typical United States or European diet with or without supplementation of tributyrin and lactitol

The supplementation of slowly released tributyrin and lactitol in piglet diets may overcome the adverse effects of vegetable protein sources during the nursery phase

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Carcass, meat quality, and sensory characteristics of heavy body weight pigs fed ractopamine hydrochloride

Dietary ractopamine supplementation in pig diet during the fattening period may improve carcass and primal cuts without affecting pork qualty

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Effects of L-Carnitine supplementation one week prior to farrowing and during lactation on its concentration in milk, return to oestrus and growth performance of piglets

The dietary supplementation with L-Carnitine during late gestation and lactation in sows may increase L-Carnitine level in sow milk, and improve piglets' performance

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Effect of neonatal iron status, iron injections at birth and weaning in young pigs from sows fed either organic or inorganic trace minerals

Independently of the nature of the Fe source in sow diet, the Fe injection at birth it is critical to achieve optimum growth of piglets

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Energy requirements of growing pigs: Practical implications

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.