Pigs diets and its effects on performance and immune system
Feeding the Pig´s Immune System and Alternatives to Antibiotics
Published: June 21, 2011
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ABSTRACT Diet formulation and feeding strategies may be used to boost the pigs´ immune system and reduce the negative impact of weaning. Post-weaning diarrhea can be reduced or prevented by feeding diets that have low concentrations of crude protein. Such diets may supply fewer amino acids than recommended and pig growth rate may be reduced, but if pigs are provided a diet with a norm...
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6 de marzo de 2013
Dear Dr. Stein:
Good article about Alternatives to Antibiotics for pigs. I have recently met there Prof. Bridget Owen, National Soybean Research Laboratory, Univ Illinois, who was the moderator of the ¨Soy Foods and Human Nutrition¨ Session, at the World Soybean Research Conference 2013 (Durban South Africa), where I presented results (¨Soy by-products reutilisation: use of native lactic acid bacteria with probiotic attributes¨).
Basically, the research that I developed at INTA is the re-conversion of waste by-products and agro-food agopecuarios quality (health, functional, pro-biotic) for livestock (mainly pigs and poultry).
Are you interested in this line of research?
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