Requirements of essential fatty acids for lactating sows
Dietary essential fatty acid supplementation in sow during lactation affects further reproductive performance.
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Effect of natural betaine on estimates of semen quality in mature AI boars during summer heat stress
Betaine supplementation at 0.63% and 1.26% tended to increase sperm concentration in the ejaculates by 6% and 13%, respectively.
Effects of sodium butyrate supplementation on reproductive performance and colostrum composition in gilts
Collectively, SB supplementation could reduce the rate of gilts return to estrus, alter the composition of colostrum and enhance the growth rate of piglets.
Multy-phase feeding compared with three-phase feeding or a single diet, in growing pigs
Leaner carcasses are achieved with three-phase feeding than with single diet or multy-phase feeding.
Precision feeding can significantly reduce lysine intake and nitrogen excretion without compromising the performance of growing pigs
Precision feeding is an effective approach to make pig production more sustainable without compromising growth performance.
Record corn supplies forecast for 2016/17
Corn supplies for 2016/17 are lowered from last month but are stiII forecast at a record 16.859 billion bushels, as a smaller crop more than offsets a small increase in beginning stocks due to a reduction in 2015/16 exports.
Impact of maternal vitamin D supplementation on sows and litter
Maternal vitamin D3 supplementation improves serum concentration in both sows and piglets but, does not affect their performance.
Effects of dietary conjugated linoleic acid on cytotoxicity of peripheral blood lymphocytes in piglets
Dietary CLA enhanced cytotoxicity of peripheral blood lymphocytes perhaps through changing its fatty acid composition.
Enzymatic feather meal as protein source for diets in nursery pigs
Enzymatic feather meal may become an alternative protein source for piglet diets.
Global harvest prospects improve for maize, wheat and rice crops
FAO raised considerably its world cereal production forecast for 2016 to 2 566 million tonnes, up 22 million tonnes from July projections.
Feed production in Spain in 2015
Pig feed production holds the first place with 47% of the total feed produced (14,771,963 tonnes).
Effect of unsaturated to saturated fatty acids ratio on the growth performance, carcass and meat quality
Unsaturated to saturated fatty acids ratio affects carcass and meat quality.
EFSA reviews maximum content of copper in feed for piglets
EFSA’s Panel on Additives and Products or Substances used in Animal Feed (FEEDAP) recommends that copper content in complete feed for piglets should not exceed 25 mg per kg (down from 170 mg/kg).
EU code of good labelling practice for compound feed
FEFAC, Copa & Cogeca welcome endorsement by EU Commission of our EU code of good labelling practice for compound feed for food producing animals.
Nutritional management in the nursery
Understand the role nutrition can play in gut health and animal performance is essential to enjoying good performance as we move away from antibiotic growth promoters and heavy metals.
Science to play key role in response to new challenges in mineral nutrition
The industry must adopt a science-based approach to re-evaluating nutrition strategies, particularly in light of proposed European Union limits on Zinc and Copper in animal feed, according to animal nutrition technology company, AB Vista.