Impacts of single and combined probiotics on growing-finishing pigs and swine compost
Complex probiotic supplementation in growing-finishing pigs may improve feed efficiency and manure emissions.
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Time and temperature combinations effectively decrease the concentration of PRRSV and PEDV on different surfaces.
Indole-3-propionic acid supplementation in weanling pigs may improve growth performance and intestinal health.
Weaning a portion of the litter prior to mating in lactation improved pregnancy rates and embryo survival.
Dietary probiotic supplementation may reduce the inflammatory status in gestating and lactating sows.
This study proves the accuracy of accelerometer-based sow lying behavior classification and shows that free-farrowing systems benefit lactating sows.
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Sign up Already a member?Dietary supplementation of fermented mixed feed in finishing pigs may improve growth performance, meat quality, and alter the profiles of muscle fatty acids and amino acids in finishing pigs.
Females had a higher rate of permanence in the production system and low birth weight piglets had lower colostrum intake.
Calcium nitrate supplementation may become a safe supplement to increase meat quality parameters in growing finishing pigs.
The average aerosol mass concentration in the test area was over 50% lower than in the control area.
Manganese supplementation in weanling diets may modulate potentially harmful pathogenic microorganisms, improving piglet gut health.
Thawing at 70 °C for 8 seconds maximizes post-thaw sperm quality, especially in those samples stored constantly submerged in liquid nitrogen.
Rye bran in sow diets during lactation may improve piglet performance.
With current low-protein diets, the T allele is expected to be cost-effective only in niche markets where a very high level of marbling is critical.
An added aroma increased pigs’ exploration behaviour towards the foam, and thus could serve as a distraction when inside a confined foam box.
Dietary aspartic protease supplementation in growing-finishing diets may improve on pig performance and carcass quality.
The study suggests lavender essential oil may improve the welfare of growing pigs. Inhalation of lavendar reduced the nasal microbiome diversity.
Dietary supplementation of prebiotic from Aspergillus oryzae may enhance nutrient digestibility and energy value in high-fiber diets containing cereal grain byproducts.
This study brings compelling evidence of the presence of the most common synanthropic flies near domestic pig farms carrying ASFV DNA.
Essential oils supplementation in weanling diets may improve performance, intestinal health, and antioxidant capacity.
An hourly feeding regime could optimize sow productive performance, body condition, milk yield, welfare, and piglet growth in swine production.
Maternal flavor conditioning may improve the acceptance and efficacy of iron-supplemented creep feed as an alternative to iron injections in piglets.
This study confirmed the hematogenous transmission of African Swine Fever virus between pigs through needle-sharing.
Performance of pigs differing in feed intake capacity is not affected when by-products are included in the diet.
Primiparous sow aggression may be reduced by increasing space allowance during gestation with social training during the growing period.
Capsaicin supplementation in finishing diets may improve performance and meat quality.
Sampling guidelines proposed in this study can be used for verification of M. hyopneumoniae infection of gilts following exposure to determine Day 0 of herd closure.
Fermentable fiber may better explain the role of fiber in pig gut health.
Changes in gut microbial composition significantly altered the functional capacity of steroid hormone biosynthesis in the gut microbiome.
Organic trace minerals supplementation of the sow diet may improve health and performance.
Models provide daily infection probabilities that can be used as a benchmark to more timely support preventive and control strategies on farms.
Vitamin E supplementation and its interaction with fat sources may affect yield and quality in heavy slaughtered pigs.
Administering a second iron injection resulted in greater hemoglobin at weaning and the end of the nursery as well as improved growth performance from weaning to the end of study weight and increased carcass weight at slaughter.
N-carbamylglutamate supplementation in growing-finishing pigs may improve performance and metabolism.
This study provides insights into the frequency of detection, tissue distribution, and genetic characteristics of PCV4 in the US.
Enzymatically treated yeast supplementation in weanling diets may improve post-weaning intestinal health and immunity.
Low-density lipoproteins can improve the motility and kinetics of boar semen during cooling while it could modulate the sperm's mitochondrial activity.
Garcinol supplementation may reduce bile acid metabolism disorders and improve sow and newborn piglet performance.
A new classification of ASFV based on comparisons performed considering the entire encoded proteome.
Supplementation with a phytobiotic-prebiotic feed additive may modulate intestinal microbiota, and positively affect growth performance, and carcass quality in grow-finish pigs.
The frequency of farrowing assistance in sows varied among herds and was influenced by parity number.
Low-protein diets in growing pigs may be a viable choice when the amino acids composition is well-balanced.
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Dietary plant-derived squalene supplementation may reduce the effects of oxidative stress in piglets.
The increases in litter size and piglet survival rates due to balanced breeding policies lead to reduced total numbers of dead piglets coinciding with a certain pig production volume.
Sow omega-3 supplementation may affect microbial populations in the dam and their offspring.
Findings suggest physical capacity is not the only factor influencing processing rates and highlight existing vulnerabilities to labor shortages.
Supplementation of Ligilactobacillus salivarius in weanling diets may improve intestinal health in pigs.
Postpartum administration of meloxicam to sows reduced clinical cases of disease, increased ADG in pigs, and increased carcass weight at slaughter.
Dietary Aurantiochytrium limacinum supplementation at the end of the finishing period may improve the fatty acid composition of pork.
The results here will help inform decisions intended to mitigate the impact of ASF in the Philippines and will contribute to the understanding of the epidemiological dynamics.
Sensory-varied diets may be a useful strategy to reduce sensory-specific satiety in nursery pigs.
The addition of myo-inositol to semen extender improved the boar semen quality by decreasing the effects of oxidative stress during liquid preservation.
Carcass yield and meat quality may not be affected by methionine source supplemented in finishing pig diets.
Reducing dietary crude protein content in growing-finishing diets may not affect growth performance, carcass traits, and nutrient digestibility in a well-adapted phase feeding program.
The composting process can be an efficient strategy for mitigating the spread of antibiotic resistance in the environment.
Current zinc recomendations may not optimize growth in finishing pigs under thermoneutral and heat stress conditions.
Dominance rank of an individual can be estimated according to the feeding order, body weight or parity if there is enough variability in the group.
The nature of the protein source used in the diet may affect antioxidant capacity, immune function, and the fecal bacterial community and metabolites of weaned piglets.
Data demonstrate for the first time the protective efficacy of spike-based subunit vaccine, which could be a candidate vaccine against PDCoV.