Abstracts - Nutrition

Fermented soybean meal may become a suitable and economic protein source for weanling diets according nutrient digestibility and intestinal health.

Arginine and other amino supplementation in gestating gilts improve farrowing and litter performance in low prolificity sows (≤14 total piglets born).

Fine grinding improves feed efficiency for meal but not for pelleted diets although pelleting improves average daily gain in growing pigs.

Fiber coming from wheat bran has higher negative impact on protein and fat digestibility than soybean hulls in growing pigs.

The use of purified pig immunoglobulins may clearly reduce diarrhea at similar extend than ZnO in weanling pigs.

Organic Se supplementation in sow diets may improve antioxidant capacity and reproductive performance.

Alfalfa silage may be used as suitable AA and protein source for growing pigs for organic pig production, although its methionine content could also be interesting as alternative feed ingredient for conventional pigs.

Vitamin D deficiency in growing pigs can be cheaply overcome by moderate sunlight exposure.

Encapsulated organic acid supplementation may improve performance due to an improvement of intestinal health and immunity after weaning.

Sow metabolism during lactation is affected by arginine supplementation promoting litter weigh improvement.

A reduction of the environmental impact derived from pig production is possible by a suitable nutrient requirement adjust.

Although the better sow and litter performance for group housed sows with electronic feeding system some improvements are still required in terms of body scratch and locomotion disorders.

Dietary supplementation with microalgae as an alternative to antibiotic use was studied.

Pelleting diets and sodium metabisulfite supplementation previously to heat conditioning may reduce the negative impact of vomitoxin in nursery pigs.

Dietary combination of probiotics, prebiotics and organic acids improve growth, health and immunity in fattening pigs.

Fatty acid profile and sensorial properties of meat can be improved by dietary plant extract supplementation in growing pigs.

Sodium butyrate or a blend of formic and citric acid in feed may be considered as a cost-effective control measure to reduce Salmonella faecal shedding in commercial herds.

Soybean meal in weanling diets may be partially replaced by canola meal without affecting performance parameters but, canola meal quality has to be taken into account.

Coated sodium butyrate supplementation may improve immunoglobulin concentration in milk.

One of the goals of swine diet formulation is minimizing nitrogen (N) excretion as well as maximizing N retention.

Compensatory Ca achievement in bone is achieved with high Ca finishing diets in pigs fed low Ca during the growing period.

Organic acid supplementation in weanling diets improves piglet performance and reduced diarrhoea.

Dried pomaces supplementation in growing-fattening dieta may improve meat quality and lipid profile of pork.

The influence of feed structure and pelleting on the development of gastric ulcers in pigs is well established. Some studies have shown a beneficial effect of access to straw on gastric health. However, the role of other factors, e.g. disease and stress, is not well understood.