Lung inflammation induced by M. hyorhinis infection can contribute to the dysbiosis of gut microbiota and intestinal barrier dysfunction.

Xylo-oligosaccharide with lower polymerization may promote positive effects on intestinal health in weanling piglets.

An investigation at both phenotypic and genotypic levels of the implications of the intrauterine development of the piglets in the postnatal growth. Doctoral thesis from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, UCM, Spain, advised by Antonio Gonzalez de Bulnes, Cristina Óvilo Martín and Beatriz Isabel Redondo.

Results suggest increasing functional teat number would enhance both piglet survival and reproductive throughput.

Fiber-rich coproducts may be used in sow diets although nitrogen utilization should be taken into account to avoid an increase in the environmental impact.

The jute material and piglet nests positively impacted sow welfare and piglet measures but did not translate into improved piglet survival.

Dietary lysine deficiency in growing pigs and their interaction with the genotype may affect carcass and muscle amino acid composition.

These findings highlight the complexities involved when forming social preferences and present a platform for further exploring the motivations for preferential associations among intensively farmed pigs.

Multi-enzymes supplementation may improve nutrient digestibility, bone mineralization, and growth performance in fattening pigs.

Glycine supplementation improves the intestinal immunological barrier function and the microbial composition in weanling piglets.

Heritability estimates for all studied traits suggest they could be suitable as a method of phenotyping aggression and fear/boldness for genetic selection purposes.

Exceeding nutritional requirements of branched-chain amino acids and arginine may improve sow and piglet performance as well as immune status by changes in colostrum and milk.

This work establishes the parameters of normality in various cardiac parameters of healthy pigs and compares them with those of diseased animals. Final thesis at the Department of Veterinary Medicine, UAB, Spain, advised by Joaquím Segalés.

Physical and ambient conditions affecting pen and pig cleanliness and air quality.

Ferulic acid and grape pomace meal may exert a growth promoter effect improving carcass characteristics.

Resilience to weaning stress was associated with behavioral differences in finishing gilts at mixing and when faced with novel situations.

Fermented bamboo powder may become a suitable fiber-rich ingredient to modulate microbiota and immune status in growing−finishing pigs.

PCV-2 and PCV-3 associated disease outcomes are distinguishable at a histopathological level. Final thesis at the College of Veterinary Medicine, UAB, Spain, advised by Joaquím Segalés.

SLA-DM plays a crucial role during early steps of ASFV infection.

Arginine supplementation in weanling pigs may improve growth performance and intestinal morphology independently of the supplementation method (feed or water).

Group housing gestating sows 2 days after breeding compromised litter size; however, mixing gilts on days 1 to 4 after breeding did not impair reproductive performance.

Dietary inclusion of alfalfa meal during gestation may improve sow performance and reduce inflammation in sows and piglets.

The approach is capable of automatically monitoring several different behaviors of a group of pigs at the same time.

Amarula (Sclerocarya Birrea A. Rich) nut cake as a potential alternative protein source for growing-finishing pigs.

Results show the importance of differentiating between low viable and viable crushed piglets for the interpretation of risk factors for crushing losses.

Phytase supplementation may enhance nutritional value in diets containing soybean and rapeseed meals.

This study suggests potential pathogenesis differences between PPIV1 isolates. HPIV1 is capable of replicating in nursery pigs after experimental inoculation.

In terms of intestinal health, citrus flavonoids supplementation may contribute to reduce the use of antimicrobials in weanling pigs.

Lameness may decrease sow gestation length and reduce placental efficiency in protecting the offspring from the sows’ stress response.

Tributyrin supplementation in gestating and lactating diets may improve sow performance and litter intestinal health.

The metal hut appears to be the best compromise considering thermal environment, behavior, and litter survival.

Green tea by-products supplementation may improve meat quality.

Castrated piglets treated with transdermal flunixin demonstrated lower total pain scores and required less analgesic intervention immediately post-castration compared to castrated piglets receiving no treatment.

The dietary supplementation with protected sodium butyrate did not modify the overall richness of microbiota composition in pigs until slaughter.

Implementation of phage application in industrial settings can be used as an additional strategy to control foodborne pathogens.

Lowering the dietary protein level in post-weaning diets may reduce the impact on diarrhoea at weaning.

Protein efficiency is a heritable trait that can be considered in breeding programs to reduce the environmental impact of pig production.

Dietary supplementation of sows with Bacillus-based probiotics improves immunity, gut functional status and biofilm formation by probiotic bacteria in piglets at weaning.

Results may explain the success of previous studies in classifying tail damage pens from pens without tail damage using sensor data on drinker use.

Prebiotic supplementation based on inulin or dried Jerusalem artichoke in finishing diets could improve the meat quality.

A similar M. hyopneumoniae detection pattern was observed regardless of gilt flow.

Lactobacillus lactis supplementation in growing-finishing diets enhance pig’s performance and meat quality.

Findings unveil a key regulatory mechanism for ASFV morphogenesis and identify a relevant novel target for the development of therapeutic tools.

A combination of carvacrol, thymol, and cinnamaldehyde in weanling diets may improve growth performance, intestinal health, and gut microbiota in piglets.

The live-born piglets of sows that were more active the day before farrowing, standing and in other activity than drinking and eating, had higher survival rates.

Alpha-glycerol monolaurate inclusion on sow’s diet may change milk composition improving piglet health.

Cool cell pads improved pig well-being by providing more cooling than sprinklers but pig performance was unaffected.

The dietary supplementation of β-glucan combined with vitamin E may improve performance and health in growing-finishing pigs.

Lift crate sows evidenced an increase in hair cortisol values along with the benefit of the higher survival rate of piglets before weaning.

Dehydrated orange pulp may become a sustainable feed ingredient for finishing pigs.

PRRS virus persistence in processing fluids was not affected by the sow parity effect in most of the breeding herds studied.

Sow oxidized beta-carotene supplementation does not affect sow and piglet performance.

This work aims to summarise the methods utilised in farms and research laboratories to evaluate sperm quality in pigs.

Sow salicylic acid supplementation during lactation increases the birth weight and total iron-binding capacity of neonates.

Machine learning models can be considered for implementation into automatic feeder systems for real-time prediction of tail biting events.

Fermented mixed feed in finishing pigs improves performance, carcass, and meat quality.

Floor feeding large pellet creep feed starting 4 days preweaning improved nursery pig growth performance and fallout rates.

Betaine supplementation may improve pork quality in growing-finishing pigs.

These findings provide deep insights into the molecular characteristics, genetic diversity, pathogenicity, antigenicity, and evolution of CSFV strains in Vietnam.

Sugary and salty food industry leftovers; an opportunity in feeding and the improving sustainability of the pig industry.