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Increasing daily feeding occasions in restricted feeding strategies does not improve performance or well being of fattening pigs

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica, 2008
Background The natural feeding behaviour of the pig is searching for feed by rooting activities throughout the day; self-feeding pigs randomly space their eating and drinking periods throughout the day consuming ten to twelve meals per day.
Berg Charlotte, Wülbers-Mindermann Margret, Persson Eva, Algers Bo   +3 more
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The Effects of Octapeptin Supplementation on Growth Performance, Serum Biochemistry, Serum Immunity, and Gut Microbiota in Weaned Piglets

Animals
With the prohibition of antibiotics in animal feed, the livestock industry faces significant challenges, including increased morbidity and mortality rates and reduced farming efficiency.
Sheng Huang, Li Yang, Li Wang, Yu Chen, Xiuliang Ding, Feiyun Yang, Shiyan Qiao, Jinxiu Huang   +7 more
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Pigs receiving daily tailored diets using precision-feeding techniques have different threonine requirements than pigs fed in conventional phase-feeding systems

Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology, 2019
Background There is large variation in amino acids requirements among pigs, hence feeding pigs individually with daily tailored diets or in groups with a single feed may require different levels of nutrients.
Aline Remus, Luciano Hauschild, Etienne Corrent, Marie-Pierre Létourneau-Montminy, Candido Pomar   +4 more
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Exploring individual responses to welfare issues in growing-finishing pig feeding behaviour

Animal
The feeding behaviour of individual growing-finishing pigs can be continuously monitored using sensors such as electronic feeding stations (EFSs), and this could be further used to monitor pig welfare.
J.D. Bus, I.J.M.M. Boumans, D.E. te Beest, L.E. Webb, E.A.M. Bokkers   +4 more
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Genome-wide association analysis reveals genetic loci and candidate genes for feeding behavior and eating efficiency in Duroc boars. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2017
Efficient use of feed resources is a challenge in the pork industry because the largest variability in expenditure is attributed to the cost of fodder. Efficiency of feeding is directly related to feeding behavior.
Rongrong Ding, Jianping Quan, Ming Yang, Xingwang Wang, Enqin Zheng, Huaqiang Yang, Disheng Fu, Yang Yang, Linxue Yang, Zicong Li, Dewu Liu, Gengyuan Cai, Zhenfang Wu, Jie Yang   +13 more
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Different feeding patterns affect meat quality of Tibetan pigs associated with intestinal microbiota alterations

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022
This study aimed to investigate the effects of different feeding patterns on meat quality, gut microbiota and its metabolites of Tibetan pigs. Tibetan pigs with similar body weight were fed the high energy diets (HEP, 20 pigs) and the regular diets (RFP,
Yanbin Zhu, Cidan-yangji, Guangming Sun, Chengzeng Luo, Chengzeng Luo, Jiujun Duan, Bin Shi, Teng Ma, Shanlong Tang, Ruqing Zhong, Liang Chen, Basang-wangdui, Hongfu Zhang   +12 more
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Optimizing dietary fat supplementation to improve energy intake and growth performance of weaned piglets: a meta-analysis

Journal of Agriculture and Food Research
Dietary fat supplementation is a common strategy to promote growth of weaned piglets, but its effects have been inconsistent. Furthermore, the fat requirement is currently lacking in the nutrient requirements of swine. Therefore, this meta-analysis aimed
Yu Wei, Yuansen Yang, Yan Lin, Nuo Xiao, Xiaokang Zhang, Changhua Lai, Lu Wang   +6 more
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Effect of precision feeding on growth performance and blood indexes of growing and finishing pigs

Siliao yanjiu, 2021
The experiment studied the effect of precision feeding on growth performance and blood indexes of growing and finishing pigs. A total of 120 fattening pigs were divided into four groups in the experiment, with three replicates in each group and ten pigs ...
Ting-ting CHEN, Chen-yu QUAN, Shuo ZHAO, Zhong-wei CHEN, Xuan GUO, Jian-yuan FENG, Wen-na HE, Xiao-yan XIAO   +7 more
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Acceptability, Preferences, and Palatability of Diets Containing Summer and Winter Brassica Forage in Growing Pigs: A Pilot Study

Animals, 2020
Brassica forage may be included in pigs’ diet as a dietary fiber ingredient to reduce feeding costs, benefit gut health, immune system, reproductive traits, and welfare.
Jaime Figueroa, Katalina del Río, Fernanda Romero, Juan Pablo Keim, Mónica Gandarillas   +4 more
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STATUS AND DEVELOPMENT PROSPECTS OF PRODUCTION OF MIXED FEEDS FOR SWINE OF DIFFERENT AGES

Zernovì Produkti ì Kombìkorma, 2023
The article discusses the types of pig feeding in Ukraine. The quality result of piglet fattening is 60...70% influenced by the feed itself, about 20% by animal genetics, 10% by veterinary care, and about 10% by housing conditions. The number of pigs was
L. Fihurska, O. Tsiundyk, I. Chernega
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