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Eric Chevaux
Eric Chevaux and 2 more
Introduction: Saccharomyces cerevisiae boulardii is a probiotic yeast with an established history of use for the prevention and/or treatment of diarrhoea and chronic inflammatory disease in human medicine. More recently, S. boulardii has also been used in the pig industry to increase performance and reduce pathogen burden during vulnerable early life stages such as post-farrowing and weaning. Recent advances in DNA sequencing technology are now able to understand the host...
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Introduction: The piglets TGI is not yet completely developed after weaning for solid diet digestion and absorption, so different ingredients are used to minimize these problems, improve feed intake and body weight gain during nursery phase. Yeast has been used as an important source of nucleotides, proteins, amino acids, MOS and β-glucans. Based on this, the aim of this study was to evaluate the supplementation of yeast as a source of nucleotides in piglet’s diet...
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Tobias Steiner
Tobias Steiner and 2 more
Introduction: Appropriate nutrient digestibility is a key to animal health and growth performance, particularly in post-weaning pigs. Compounds with anti-inflammatory or anti-oxidative properties have potential to support gut integrity and growth performance when included in diets for pigs. Isoquinoline alkaloids (IQ) derived from the Papaveraceae plant Macleaya cordata exert anti-inflammatory effects, whereas naringin (NRG), a bitter-tasting flavanone glycoside from...
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Introduction: Increased litter sizes due to hyper prolific sows have led to litters with up to 30% of piglets being born with signs of intra-uterine growth restriction (IUGR) and thereby needing additional care or/and nutritional supplements. Up to 48 % of piglets that die before weaning have empty stomachs, and it is estimated that piglets need at least 250 g of colostrum within the first 24 hours to survive. It has previously been estimated that IUGR piglets only...
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Introduction: Phosphorus is an element with potential impact on the intestinal microbiota of pigs. Studies revealed that bacterial growth was limited in the intestine feeding low concentrations of phosphorus and that ileal bacteria increased with higher calcium and phosphorus feed contents, whereas there was no effect on bacterial numbers in the colon. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of varying phosphorus levels in diets of piglets on the bacterial...
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Dominiek Maes
Dominiek Maes and 2 more
Ghent University
Introduction: Previous research showed that one out of three sows produces insufficient colostrum and milk for the offspring. This may lead to reduced piglet performance. The most obvious solution is to increase the colostrum and milk production of the sow. However, optimizing the composition of sow colostrum and milk may also be a valuable preventive measure. Therefore, knowledge of the composition of the mammary secretions and influencing factors is important. The aim of this...
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Robert Friendship
Poultry Health Research Network
Introduction: Newly weaned pigs require 50-100 mg/kg of zinc in feed to meet dietary requirements (National Research Council). The addition of high levels of zinc oxide (> 2000 mg/kg) in nursery diets is often used as a preventive measure for Escherichia coli diarrhea and to improve growth performance. The mechanism y which this occurs is still not fully understood, however, it is proposed that zinc oxide has an effect on the gastrointestinal microbiome, due to its...
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Introduction: The effects of the oral supplementation of probiotics on the performance (weight gain and feed intake) and intestinal histo-morphology of the duodenal, jejunal, and ileal mucosa (villus height, width, and perimeter and crypt depth) of two different genetic lines (purebred Large White or crossbred Large White x Landrace) of suckling piglets. Materials and Methods: The suckling piglets were evaluated between 2 and 19 days of age. In total, 276...
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Introduction: The fluctuation in price of major feed ingredients is affecting cost of production in swine industry. Therefore, alternative ingredients to reduce feed cost become more important than before. Palm kernel meal (PKM) is a by-product after extracting palm oil in tropical area. There were various studies to evaluate PKM supplementation instead of corn and SBM in growing-finishing pig’s diet. However, there was no information for optimal level of dietary...
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Introduction: Weaning process causes a significant biological stress to piglets which lead to a detrimental effect on feed intake, growth rate, intestinal morphology and immune system. A mixture of quaternary benzophenanthridine alkaloids and protopine alkaloids (QBA+PA) possess antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory effects. They also are known to improve endogenous digestive enzyme secretion, activate of the immune system and improve protein retention of farm...
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Danyel Bueno Dalto
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Despite environmental and public health (bacterial resistance) issues, supranutritional levels of zinc oxide (ZnO) are still commonly used to prevent diarrhea in post-weaning piglets. In Canada, these levels represent more than eight-fold the CFIA proposed maximum levels at 300 mg/kg. The limited knowledge of their consequences for the metabolism of trace minerals has hampered the replacement of this strategy without compromising piglet health. Our laboratory has performed a series of...
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Introduction: It is well known that lactose and whey powder were used as the main raw materials in weaning pig diet due to the fact that supplementation of milk by-products in weaning pig diet helped maintaining an enhanced intestinal environment in pig. Moreover, increasing of growth and enhancing feed intake of weaning pigs by supplementation of milk by-products has been known widely in weaning pigs’ diet. However, high levels of dietary milk byproducts induced the...
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John Patience
Iowa State University
Basic Role of Feed Formulation Feed formulation is a process by which our knowledge of the nutrition of the animal can be translated into feeding programs which achieve our production objectives. These objectives typically include optimizing growth performance and producing a final carcass that can be converted into safe, healthy and appealing consumer meat products. This must be done in a profitable manner that concurrently contributes to environmental sustainability and animal...
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Don Giesting
Don Giesting and 1 more
Mycotoxin effects on swine
Don Giesting (Cargill) discusses the characteristics of zearalenone and deoxynivalenol (DON), as well as their impact on reproduction and feed intake, during this Swine It interview with host Laura Greiner....
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Young Dal Jang
University of Wisconsin River Falls
Young Dal Jang (University of Wisconsin–River Falls)       This study was conducted to demonstrate the effects of second iron injection before weaning and iron levels in nursery diets on growth performance, hematological parameters, and fecal microbiome of pigs. A total of 70 newborn pigs from 7 sows were allotted to 4 treatments within litter, housed in farrowing crate without creep feed, and received the first dose (200 mg iron) at 2 to 3 d of age....
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Andrea Piva
Andrea Piva and 4 more
Andrea Bonetti (University of Bologna)       At weaning, pigs develop significant stress with long-lasting effects on their performance and health. Botanicals include a wide variety of bioactive molecules able to control inflammation and oxidation. The aim of the study was to investigate the ability of a microencapsulated thymol-based blend of botanicals (BOT) to support piglets’ performance and health during an LPS inflammatory challenge. To examine...
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Yihang Li
University of Delaware
Yihang Li (University of Delaware)      Developmental plasticity during the prenatal and early postnatal periods allows animals to adapt quickly to their environment and efficiently construct organ systems crucial for survival. These adaptations, which may be irreversible later in life, can lead animals to develop beneficial survival strategies or predispose them to chronic diseases. The gastrointestinal (GI) tract is a highly adaptive organ, contending...
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Brian Aldridge
University of Illinois
Colostrum and its impact on animal gut health
Brian Aldridge (University of Illinois) shares insights on the environmental, nutritional, and maternal factors that affect the microbiome of different animals, during the 11th Symposium on Gut Health in Production of Food Animals in St. Louis, USA....
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Diana Ayala
Diana Ayala and 1 more
Diana Ayala (Purina Animal Nutrition)     Post-weaning diarrhea (PWD) is a serious health and welfare problem for the global swine industry. PWD is a multifactorial condition occurring the first 10–14 d after weaning; it is generally associated with the proliferation of pathogenic Escherichia coli groups, specifically enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC); however, PWD is also associated with several viral infections. Antibiotics are commonly used as a control...
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Yihang Li
University of Delaware
Understanding the influences of early life adversity on intestinal epithelial development and functions in pigs
Yihang Li (University of Delaware) gives a presentation on the gastrointestinal tract and the impact of early life development on later life diseases in pigs, during the 11th Symposium on Gut Health in Production of Food Animals in St. Louis, USA....
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