Page 9 of articles about performance in Abstracts

DDGS may be used in feeds for finishing pig as a replacement of corn and soybean meal without affecting their carcass characteristics and meat quality.

Higher lysine levels than those recommended by the NRC improve reproductive performance for multiparous gestating sows.

High levels of acetic acid in fermented liquid feed can impair palatability of piglets.

A combination of dietary crude protein and P reduction with added phytase is the key to optimize pig production efficiency, while minimizing their environmental impacts.

Glycerol can be added in nursery diets up to 10%, while improving pig performance.

In this study, breeding structures and commercial sow lines were evaluated by economic and genetic simulation studies for their suitability to provide the Dutch organic pig sector with replacement gilts.

PCV2 vaccination has a large impact on growth rate and on the proportion of pigs going to primary markets, but not on carcass fat depth, loin depth, or percent lean, measurements that are used to determine market value.

Fermentable carbohydrates as a way to reduce protein fermentation and to promote beneficial microbial populations in piglets fed rice based diets.

Corn can be substituted by sorghum to prevent exceeding softness of fat depots when the energy level of the diet is increased by adding choice white grease.

The aim of this thesis was to explore whether providing piglets with more opportunities to learn from their mother about what, how and where to eat increases food intake before and after weaning and consequently can reduce health and welfare problems after weaning.

Diets of sows did not have major impact on glycogen pools or on mobilization of glycogen by piglets.

Mixtures of essential oils differ considerably in their effects on growth performance and nutrient digestibility in piglets.

Incorporation of fermented wheat germ extract into pig feeds may improve pig performance during the growing phase.

In the refeeding period, growth was associated with internal organ growth, whereas skeletal muscle was not affected, suggesting that compensatory growth does not have practical benefits for pig production.

Administration of flavor could increase creep feed intake pre-weaning and piglet average daily gain post-weaning.

Although uniform grouping appears to aid the reduction in slaughter weight variation and improve FCR, its effect is dependent on dietary regime.