Abstracts - Nutrition

Chitooligosaccharide supplementation of different molecular weight could be an alternative to antibiotics.

L-carnitine supplementation does not directly increase the number of muscular fibres in weanling piglets with low body weight.

The reduction of blood metabolites in tail-biting piglets may be linked with low nutrient absorption as a result of an impairment to perform a normal feeding behaviour.

Live yeast supplementation may improve reproductive performance in sows.

The nature of fatty acids in feed determines its composition in animal tissue.

Microbial protein with high digestible lysine content should be taken into account as a new protein source for swine nutrition.

Sows fed PUFA rich diets promote FA beta-oxidation in pigs after weaning which could help the mobilization of body reserves for this critical period.

The optimum SID Thr:Lys to optimize ADG and FCR in growing pigs fed low CP protein diets is around 0.70.

Fenugreek seeds might be interesting as a feed ingredient for young piglets.

There is not a clear effect of feeding genetically modified maize on sow and offspring performance.

Feed intake may affect skatole and indole concentrations in the adipose tissue.

Antimicrobial peptides has the potential to improve the growth performance in weanling pigs.

Maternal conditions during gestation and pre-birth environment may affect further growth rate in newborn pigs.

The energy values for dietary protein have to be considered for net energy prediction in fattening pigs.

β-glucan could improve growth performance and immune function in weaned piglets.

Inclusion of dietary CLA oil may promote an increase of SFA and a reduction of MUFA and PUFA in finishing pigs.

High-fermentable NSP may reduce the intestinal abundance of swine pathogenic clostridia.

The inclusion of rapeseed meal until 10% does not affect sow reproductive or litter performance.

Air classification of canola meal fractions may allow more accurate feed formulation for piglets.

An increase in dietary NE concentration could increase the final percentage of acceptable carcasses for high quality dry-cured ham production.

DS-ZnO could alleviate diarrhoea and improve intestinal barrier function.

Supplemental dietary tryptophan may reduce stress during handling and transport in weanling pigs.

Corn and soybean meal may be partially replaced by DDGS in sow diets during late gestation and lactation without affecting sow and litter performance.

Giving 225 mg of Cu/kg as Cu chloride may reduce intestinal oxidative stress than by using Cu sulfate in weanling pigs.