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Choice feeding consists of providing different feeds at the same time for a few specific days, either a lacto-initiator and a pre-starter or a pre-starter and a starter, so that the piglet itself chooses which proportions of each feed to eat.

Feeding large groups of piglets: practical implementation of choice feeding

Choice feeding is the best choice for piglets of different weights and / or ages to choose between two different feeds in order to meet their growth needs. The response is even better in farms with enteric problems.

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L-glutamine affects piglet performance, immunity and intestinal health after weaning

L-glutamine supplementation improves intestinal health, nutrient digestibility and performance in weanling pigs.

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FAO Meat Price Index dropped in October

The FAO Meat Price Index also fell, dropping 1.0 percent in October, with the drop largely driven by slacker demand for European pigmeat from importers in China.

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Effects of antioxidant additives on meat quality and antioxidant status in finishing pigs under transport stress

Oregano essential oil or quercetin supplementation improves the antioxidant status in finishing pigs under transport stress.

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Perinatal dietary choline deficiency in sows

Dietary choline deficiency induces alterations in plasma choline metabolites which are evident at the end of lactation. Betaine and select FAs in milk are sensitive to maternal dietary choline deficiency and day of lactation. Alterations in concentrations of these nutrients may affect early-life neonatal development.

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Minimize the nutrient deficiency in early lactation and improve milk yield

A better fit of nutrient requirements in early lactation improves sow milk yield.

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Agriculture has big role to play in curbing greenhouse gas emissions

Negative global effects of climate change are already being felt in some cereal crop yields. Climate change will likely lead to a loss of nutritional content of some foods, such as declining zinc, iron and protein counts in staple cereals...

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Daily feeding regimen affects the pig growth and behaviour

Restricted feeding may improve lean percentage in growing pigs without a negative impact in welfare.

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Flavour inclusion tolerance in weanling diets for piglets

Flavour inclusion in piglet diets is safe even at higher inclusion levels than those commonly used for the industry.

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The new food safety in the pig sector

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Concentration of short-chain fatty acid on colon digesta of piglets 10 and 15 days after weaning fed 4 different experimental diets

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Effect of fermentable and inert fibre in weaning piglets

Predicting the functional effect of fibre ingredients when fed to early weaning piglets is advisable in order to control the gut health.

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Press releases

AB Vista reveals phytase superdosing strategies to help European producers maximise mineral release

Phytate is present in all plant-derived feedstuffs and binds with minerals such as zinc and copper, leaving them undigested by the animal and excreted into the environment.

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MEPs oppose EU Commission plans to authorise five GMOs

The European Parliament opposed the European Commission plans to authorise five GMO products, maize Bt11, 1507 and MON810 (seeds and products), and a glyphosate-resistant cotton.

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Requirements of essential fatty acids for lactating sows

Dietary essential fatty acid supplementation in sow during lactation affects further reproductive performance.

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Effect of natural betaine on estimates of semen quality in mature AI boars during summer heat stress

Betaine supplementation at 0.63% and 1.26% tended to increase sperm concentration in the ejaculates by 6% and 13%, respectively.

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Effects of sodium butyrate supplementation on reproductive performance and colostrum composition in gilts

Collectively, SB supplementation could reduce the rate of gilts return to estrus, alter the composition of colostrum and enhance the growth rate of piglets.