Effects of dietary astaxanthin on the growth performance and carcass characteristics of finishing pigs
The use of astaxanthin during the finish phase may improve pork quality and meat acceptance.
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Impact of the non castration of male pigs on growth performance and behaviour − comparison with barrows and gilts
Growth performance, carcass quality, behaviour and general condition of crossbred (Pietrain x Large White) x (Large White x Landrace) boars, barrows and gilts were compared from a batch of pigs fed ad libitum and group‐housed both during the postweaning (eight‐nine pigs/pen) and the fattening (six pigs/pen) periods. Pigs were all slaughtered on the same day.
Comparison of different antimicrobial sequences on nursery pig performance and economic return
The use of antibiotics in feed during the nuresery period may improve piglet performance
Performance of growing–finishing pigs fed diets containing a transgenic wheat, a non-transgenic genetically similar wheat, or conventional wheat varieties
Pig performance is not affected by the wheat variety used in the growing-finishing diets
Effect of lecithin with or without chitooligosaccharide on the growth performance, nutrient digestibility, blood metabolites and pork quality of finishing pigs
The use of lecithin in finishing diets may improve the growth performance of pigs
Mycotoxin binders and a liquid immunity enhancer: effects on the growth performance of wean-to-finish pigs
The use of mycotoxin binders on diets with a mycotoxin concentration below the practical quantitation limit does not improve growth performance
Effects of copper sulfate and zinc oxide on weanling pig growth and plasma mineral levels
Zinc and copper supplementation of weanling diets improve piglet performance during the nursery period
An evaluation of peptone as a specialty protein source in diets for nursery pigs
Protein products from intestinal mucosa may be taken into account as proteins sources for piglet diets
Effects of creep diet complexity on individual consumption characteristics and growth performance of neonatal and weanling pigs
The use of a complex creep diet may improve piglet performance during lactation and the number of pigs that consume creep feed
Determining an optimum lysine:calorie ratio for barrows and gilts in a commercial finishing facility
The dietary lysine optimization may reduce feed cost per kilogram of gain in pigs during the growing-finishing phase
Dietary protein in piglet diets
In order to apply the most suitable feeding regime to newly weaned pigs it is important to balance the trade off between the detrimental effect on performance of feeding levels of protein that are too low to allow maximal growth and those which increase the risk of post weaning diarrhoea.
Effect of supplementing zinc oxide and biotin with or without carbadox on nursery pig performance
D-biotin supplementation of piglet diets may improve growth performance in early weaned piglets
Thompson’s tip: Mycotoxin dilemma
Mycotoxins are frequently implicated in cases of poor reproductive performance in pig herds, though it can be difficult to prove their involvement in individual cases
Effect of incremental levels of red blood cells on growth performance and carcass traits of finishing pigs
More than 2% of red blood cells inclusion in finishing diets may reduce growth performance in pigs
Phosphorus requirements of growing-finishing pigs reared in a commercial environment
A challenge in animal production today is to raise livestock within new environmental rules and regulations. Although most states in the United States regulate swine waste application based on N concentration, more are changing to P-based regulations.
History and controversy of disease
Joaquim Segalés, professor at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and researcher at the Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal (CReSA) (research centre for animal health), was one of the first researchers to discover PMWS and PDNS in Spain. He will be in charge of this section where every month articles will be published on the latest themes, especially from a practical point of view. These themes will include etiology, patogenicity, epidemiology, diagnostic, treatment and prevention of porcine circovirus-associated diseases. A possible hypothesis will also be presented on the emergence of porcine circovirus on a worldwide level.