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Effects of type of cereal and fibre level on growth and parameters of the gastrointestinal tract in young pigs

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

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USA - Foreign corn export market share surpasses U.S.

For the first time in 40 years, the U.S. corn export market share is forecast to fall below the combined share of all foreign exporters.

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Cutting out palm oil from animal diets

“Dairy farmers are likely to come under increasing pressure to remove palm oil from their cows’ diets following recent retail moves to cut the level of saturated fats in milk,” says Mark Townsend, sales manager of Ufac-UK.

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Added fat in corn-sorghum based diets: effect on production, carcass and fat quality

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.

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Tracking the effect of chicory on boar taint

The discovery of how chicory affects boar taint can, in the long run, open the door to a more targeted and efficient way of preventing boar taint via the feed.

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Learning how to eat like a pig: Facilitating vertical information transfer to reduce weaning problems in piglets

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.

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Overview of the simulation program linking a linear program for least-cost diet formulation, a stochastic pig growth model and a genetic algorithm (GA) to findthe best feeding strategy (F) for a given objective function in a specific market situation

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Computer simulation to find the best feeding strategy

Production of pig meat worldwide exceeds that of any other meat. Traditionally, linear programming is used to generate minimum cost diets that to meet the pig nutrient requirements. Of greater importance to the pig producer than least cost diets is the maximisation of gross margin (per pig place or per pig place per year).

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TOPIGS introduces new feeding advice for sows

TOPIGS introduces a new feeding advice for their sows. Nowadays, highly productive sows have different nutritional needs compared to sows a few years ago.

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Evaluation of seaweed derivatives on gastrointestinal fermentation and microbiota in piglets challenged with S. Typhimurium

Consumption of diets containing seaweed-derived extracts does not diminish faecal shedding of Salmonella in post-weaned piglets.

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Effects of two protein and fibre sources on SCFA concentration in pig large intestine

Importance of a proper balance between carbohydrates and nitrogen to obtain an optimal SCFA profile in large intestine.

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Effect of compensatory growth on forms of glycogen, postmortem proteolysis and meat quality in pigs

Compensatory growth affects metabolism of the animals, although these changes have no impact on meat quality.

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Influence of gestation diet on piglet birth weight and glycogen reserves

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

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UK: new pre-requisite programmes from BSI set to minimise risks in the manufacture of animal food and feed

The British Standards Institution, BSI, launches a new Publically Available Specification (PAS) for animal food and feed to further reduce food safety risks along the food supply chain.

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