Flavour addition increases feed intake of lactating sows
Fruity flavor inclusion is better accepted by sows and piglets than sodium butyrate.
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Dried citrus pulp to finishing pigs: performance and meat quality
High inclusion of citrus pulp improves palatability of pork products but decreases pig performance.
Different flavoured creep on piglet performance
Dietary novelty may be a method to stimulate early exploratory behaviour, feed intake and performance.
PEDV RNA present in commercial spray-dried porcine plasma is not infectious to naïve pigs
The results indicates no evidence of infectivity of the PEDV RNA in the SDPP lot utilized.
China: soybean imports set to slide in H2 as domestic meat demand weakens
Soybean imports will shrink in the second half as demand declines, the result of a slowdown in meat demand and high import volumes in the first six months.
Camelina cake: a suitable energy source for swine
Camelina cake may be an alternative energy source for swine diets but with low digestibility of AA and CP.
Taste enhancers as feed additives for post-weaned piglets
Stevia rebaudiana, Citrus sinensis and extracts of hot-flavored spices did not induce beneficial effects on post-weaned piglets.
Risk-benefit of the use of blood products and other animal proteins
The nutritional expected benefit of these products is very high but every precaution must be taken, especially to prevent introduction of PED and spreading of ASF.
Dietary Zn supplementation increased the total antioxidant capacity in the mucosa
Zinc oxide may help to reduce intestinal inflammation in weanling piglets.
Hydrolyzed feather meal with blood as amino acid source for growing pigs
Hydrolyzed feather meal is a good AA source for growing pigs but, has to supplemented with Lys and Trp to alleviate their deficiency.
Citric acid supplementation on performance, digestibility and milk composition in sows
Supplementation of citric acid improves the absorption of dietary Ca, P and protein.
United Kingdom: since 2010 there has been an improvement in the FCR
According to DEFRA, following improvements during the early 1990s, the FCR for the pig fattening herd increased (i.e. more feed required per unit increase in pig weight), albeit with some fluctuations, particularly in recent years.
Holland: feeds contaminated with furazolidone detected
The NVWA has closed off the cattle and pig farms on which the contaminated feeds have been found.
China: new biotech certification requirements for DDGS
The new requirements effectively call for a certificate from the point of origin - in the case of U.S. shipments, from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) - guaranteeing that the shipment is free of the biotech trait.
Feeding behavior of newly weaned piglets: implications for weaning practices?
Piglets have little difficulty finding the feeder but piglets that were not exposed to creep feed during lactation do not recognize the feed as food when weaned.
European Union: Commission denies authorisation of Pediococcus pentosaceus as feed additives
Since further use of Pediococcus pentosaceus (NCIMB 30068) and Pediococcus pentosaceus (NCIMB 30044) as feed additives may cause a risk to human and animal health, those feed additives should be withdrawn from the market as soon as possible.