Page 5 of articles about weaning in Abstracts

Saponin-enriched diets may affect intestinal permeability but this not alter piglet performance.

Arginine has a key role in metabolism regulation in weanling pigs.

n-3 LCPUFA can have a detrimental impact on the cecum Bacteroidetes community in piglets

Several blood variables recorded at birth and on d 1 and BW gain on d 1 were highly associated with survival at weaning.

Healthy weanling pigs do not always need an excess of highly digestible ingredients in the diet.

The supply of milk during the first six days after weaning did increase the energy intake and daily gain of piglets in the first week after weaning and from weaning to day 35 but it did not reduce the number of piglets with clinical signs of Streptococcus suis.

Clay products may help to prevent the negative impact of diarrhea in weanling piglets.

Creep feed initiated from day 5 and 10 reduce diarrhea scores in piglets and the estrus interval in sows.

A reduction in particle size and multi-enzyme supplementation are useful strategies in the post-weaning period, but not in the growing period.

Increasing dietary lysine and energy levels improves growth performance and apparent total tract digestibility of nutrients.

Glutamine supplementation may be useful in reducing the severity of weaning-related gastrointestinal infections.

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

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.

Lactulose recovery in the urine of pigs after weaning is not associated with risk factors for infections, but it seems to be useful to measure the paracellular barrier function.

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

Light weight pigs were found to eat more and grow faster per kg of body weight than medium or heavy weight pigs.