Daily feeding regimen affects the pig growth and behaviour
Restricted feeding may improve lean percentage in growing pigs without a negative impact in welfare.
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Flavour inclusion tolerance in weanling diets for piglets
Flavour inclusion in piglet diets is safe even at higher inclusion levels than those commonly used for the industry.
Effect of fermentable and inert fibre in weaning piglets
Predicting the functional effect of fibre ingredients when fed to early weaning piglets is advisable in order to control the gut health.
AB Vista reveals phytase superdosing strategies to help European producers maximise mineral release
Phytate is present in all plant-derived feedstuffs and binds with minerals such as zinc and copper, leaving them undigested by the animal and excreted into the environment.
MEPs oppose EU Commission plans to authorise five GMOs
The European Parliament opposed the European Commission plans to authorise five GMO products, maize Bt11, 1507 and MON810 (seeds and products), and a glyphosate-resistant cotton.
Requirements of essential fatty acids for lactating sows
Dietary essential fatty acid supplementation in sow during lactation affects further reproductive performance.
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.