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Supplementation with niacinamide in normal- and low-protein diets: effects on immunity, antioxidant capacity, and intestinal microbiota in growing-finishing pigs

Dietary nicotinamide supplementation may enhance immunity, antioxidant capacity, and gut health in growing-finishing pigs.

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Hepatic protection: an effective strategy against sow mortality?

The administration of a hepatoprotective product at peripartum reduced sow mortality by 73%.

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Microvit^® Nutrition Guide 2026 is now available!

Adisseo updated its Microvit^® Nutrition Guide, reenforcing its commitment on vitamin nutrition close to feed producers.

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Vulnerabilities in U.S. feed supply chain revealed in IFEEDER report

The U.S. depends heavily on imported vitamins and amino acids, the majority of which come from China. This poses risks to both supply chain stability and national food security.

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Figure 1. Relationship between vitamin levels and animal response.

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Vitamins: Essential organic compounds. Measurement and requirements

How is vitamin quantity expressed? How are vitamin requirements and safety margins estimated in pigs? Can the stability of vitamin activity be compromised?

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Effects of niacinamide supplementation in low-protein diets on energy utilization, nitrogen metabolism, and gut microbiota in growing–finishing pigs

Metabolic benefits of niacinamide in low-protein diets.

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Vitamins: Essential organic compounds. Classification and naming

Vitamins are essential for proper growth and also for ensuring proper function of the nervous system, immune system, reproductive system, bone development, and cell repair. They do not provide energy, and each vitamin performs particular functions that none of the other vitamins can.

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Antioxidant and osmolyte enriched or energy-dense diet: effect on heat-stressed finishing pigs

Supplementation with antioxidants and osmolytes may improve weight gain in heat-stressed finishing pigs.

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Effects of supplemental choline chloride on growth and carcass traits in growing-finishing pigs

Dietary choline supplementation in growing-finishing pigs may improve carcass traits without any negative impact on growth performance.

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Mitigating heat stress in pigs: effects of an additive-enriched diet on performance, health, and water intake during hot weather

Osmoprotectants and antioxidant supplementation may reduce the negative impact of heat stress in growing finishing pigs.

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Impact of calcium and vitamin D supplementation on plasma bone turnover markers, bone mineralization, bone strength, and lameness scores in gilts

Calcium and Vitamin D supplementation is not directly related to bone health and lameness prevention in gilts.

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Strengthening piglet immunity: Strategies to overcome weaning challenges

Nutrition plays a major role in the immune response. The interaction of different dietary components with other factors such as environment, health status, and genetics plays an important role in modulating the immune response.

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Different fat sources and vitamin E levels on optimizing growth performance, lean growth, organ size, carcass characteristics, primal cuts, and pork quality in heavyweight - finishing pigs

Vitamin E supplementation and its interaction with fat sources may affect yield and quality in heavy slaughtered pigs.

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Summary of the 27th IPVS and 15th ESPHM-ECPHM: Reproduction, welfare, and nutrition

In this third installment, Antonio Palomo summarizes the papers presented on reproduction, nutrition, precision livestock farming, and other aspects of swine production.

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