Higher dietary fiber in gestating sow diets may improve nitrogen retention and utilization.

Biological sex mediates, at least in part, the physiological response to heat stress.

Master's thesis from the Institute for Game and Wildlife Research (IREC), University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM). Directed by Prof. Dr. Christian Gortázar Schmidt and Prof. Dr. María de los Ángeles Risalde Moya.

Frequent emission of short sounds can reduce time spent sleeping and cause behavior changes. However, gestating sows can habituate to the sound stimuli and return to normal behavior.

Dietary neutral detergent fiber may regulate gut microbiota affecting lipid and amino acid metabolism with direct impact on carcass and meat quality in finishing pigs.

Enrichment did not enhance the speed of recovery from challenges in pigs, although there were indications of reduced stress

High dietary fiber regulated the composition of immune cells in different crossbreeds of growing pigs.

This study refined PRRSV-2 ORF5-based phylogenetic classification and investigated the geographic distribution and temporal changes of PRRSV-2 at the lineage/sublineage levels.

Buckwheat protein in weanling diets may improve performance and immune status in pigs.

Heat stress alters the ovarian proteome and multiple biological pathways and systems in prepubertal gilts; changes that potentially contribute to female infertility.

A high dietary fiber diet improves nitrogen utilization even if sows are fed a low crude protein diet.

Doctoral thesis from the University of Milan (Italy), advised by Luciana Rossi.

Sugary and salty former food products as a feed ingredient alternative in gowing-finishing diets for pigs.

Results suggested that farrowing pens with temporary crating facilitated mother-young interactions and showed a higher crushing rate.

Dried cabbage by-product may be a suitable ingredient for growing-finishing diets to improve sustainability and return.

The provision of nesting material to sows prior to farrowing can increase sow maternal care traits and piglet performance.

The supplementation of wheat bran to antibiotic-free diets improves performance and intestinal health in weaned pigs.

Early postnatal administration of fecal filtrate transplant, showed positive clinical effects in post-weaning pigs.

The modulation of dietary anion-cation difference may enhance sow performance.

Melatonin treatment had positive effects on estrous duration and embryo survival, especially in the summer.

Integrated Master's Dissertation in Veterinary Medicine by Alice Gomes from UTAD (Portugal) advised by Professor Madalena Vieira-Pinto.

Environmental enrichment with cubes appears to have the greatest effect when applied post-weaning whereas flavor attractants appear to have the greatest effect when applied both pre- and post-weaning.

Dietary dairy high-fat supplementation at weaning may smooth carcass quality differences at slaughter between low birth weight and normal birth weight piglets.

Results suggest that drying piglets at birth is an effective method to reduce rectal temperature decline in the early postnatal period, especially for low birth weight piglets.

Dietary supplementation of arazyme and carbohydrolases effectively controls noxious gas emissions and improves health and meat quality in growing-finishing pigs.

Study proposes that the current twenty-five genotypes should be reduced to only six genotypes.

Glutamine supplementation may enhance pre-weaning piglet performance.

Change in electrical resistance in the vagina has the potential to accurately predict ovulation timing, but more work is required.

Feed flavor supplementation may enhance sow feed intake and improve piglet performance in hot seasons but not in winter conditions.

The funnel slurry system can lower emissions of both ammonia, odour and methane.

NSPases and phytase supplementation may modulate intestinal microbiota.

The use of cortisone and the estimation of 11β-HSD type 2 activity in hair is recommended instead of using hair cortisol concentrations alone.

Diet supplementation with benzoic acid and enzymes may affect the gut microbiota and metabolome of weaned pigs.

These results provide critical information on the current state of the ASF epidemic in the Dominican Republic.

Bacillus spp. supplementation to sow and creep-feed diets may enhance post-weaning piglet health and performance.

Doctoral thesis from the Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences Department, Università degli Studi di Milano (Italy), advised by Luciana Rossi.

Injectable progesterone treatment did not benefit the reproductive performance of prepubertal and peripubertal gilts.

Fermented sorghum distiller’s dried grains with soluble in growing-finishing pigs diets may improve carcass traits and meat quality.

Results demonstrate that ASFV-like nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses can retain viability in swine feed matrices during long-term transport across the continental United States.

Dietary glycerin, vitamin C, and niacinamide supplementation in growing-finishing pigs may enhance the color, flavor, and nutritional value of pork.

Results indicate that the pain-related behaviors in pigs from the UPAPS have different statistical weights.

Phytase enhances phosphorus utilization in growing-finishing pigs, but the effect is time-dependent according to supplementation.

The study further emphasized the vast evolutionary capacity of swine IAV, under natural infection and vaccination pressure scenarios.

Dietary supplementation of glutamine, glutamate, and aspartate improves intestinal barrier functions in weaned piglets.

The results reveal better sperm quality for untreated boars than for PGF2α-treated boars, which might indicate that the underlying fertility of boars necessitating treatment is inferior compared to boars that can be collected without further treatment.

The consequences of different nutritional changes were analyzed, whether applied to the pregnant mother or directly to the offspring. Doctoral thesis from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, UAB, Spain. Advised by Anna Bassols and with the collaboration of Antonio Gonzalez de Bulnes.

Flavor supplementation improved the reproductive performance of the sows by changing the fecal microbial profile.

Low-protein diets supplemented with sodium dichloroacetate and glucose may improve muscle protein deposition in growing-finishing pigs.

Effects on trailer microclimate, pig behaviour, physiological response, and meat quality under Canadian summer conditions.

Dietary 25-hydroxycholecalciferol supplementation may improve carcass and bone quality in growing-finishing pigs.

Early intermittent neonatal maternal separation created stress and affected the growth performance of piglets during suckling. However, the growth rate was improved by compensatory measures during late weaning.

Doctoral thesis from the University of Lisbon. The scientific advisor was Professor José António Mestre Prates with co-supervisors Professor João Pedro Bengala Freire and Professor André Martinho de Almeida.

The relatively high prevalence in wild boar and the low prevalence in Iberian pigs suggest wild boar as a potential viral reservoir.

Fiber nature and digestibility may affect the metabolic activity of intestinal microbiota in weanling pigs.

The semen of older boars contained a higher abundance of harmful bacteria, which contributes to the observed reduction in semen anti-oxidant capacity and overall semen quality in this group.

Increasing feed intake during late gestation may improve sow and litter performance.

This technology could benefit commercial pig production while providing an enriched behavioral environment.

Nucleotides supplementation in finishing pigs may improve lipid metabolism driving and enhance of meat quality.

Findings may explain numerically lower pregnancy and farrowing rates in sows mixed two days post-service.

High-fiber diet could improve growth performance by reducing intestinal oxidative stress in growing-finishing pigs.