Animal Nutrition, 2021 This experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of different levels of tannic acid (TA) on growth performance, diarrhea rate, nutrient digestibility and intestinal health in weaned piglets.
Yanyan Song +13 more
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Increasing weaning age of piglets from 4 to 7 weeks reduces stress, increases post-weaning feed intake but does not improve intestinal functionality [PDF]
, 2010 This study tested the hypothesis that late weaning and the availability of creep feed during the suckling period compared with early weaning, improves feed intake, decreases stress and improves the integrity of the intestinal tract.
Hoogendoorn, A. +3 more
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Animals, 2021 Simple Summary Piglets, especially at the weaning stage, are highly susceptible to various diseases due to an incomplete immune system development and stress responses.
H. Oh +17 more
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Impact of bioactive substances on the gastrointestinal tract and performance of weaned piglets: a review [PDF]
, 2009 The EU ban on in-feed antibiotics has stimulated research on weaning diets as a way of reducing post-weaning gut disorders and growth check in pigs. Many bioactive components have been investigated but only few have shown to be effective.
D. Torrallardona +17 more
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D-Galactose Induces Chronic Oxidative Stress and Alters Gut Microbiota in Weaned Piglets
Frontiers in Physiology, 2021 Oxidative stress commonly occurs in pig production, which can severely damage the intestinal function of weaned piglets. This study was conducted to investigate the effects of D-galactose with different levels used to induce chronic oxidative stress on ...
Hui Han +10 more
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Sow and piglet traits associated with piglet survival at birth and to weaning
Journal of Animal Science, 2020 AbstractAbstractUnderstanding the relationship between sow and piglet characteristics that are associated with stillborn rate and preweaning mortality is beneficial as litter size continues to increase. Two experiments were previously conducted to evaluate prefarrowing nutrition regimens on sow and litter characteristics.
Robert D Goodband +6 more
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Individual piglets' contribution to the development of tail biting [PDF]
, 2011 Conflicting hypotheses exist about the contribution of individual pigs to the development of a tail-biting outbreak, but there is limited quantitative information to support or dismiss them.
Kemp, B. +4 more
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Effects of Continuous LPS Induction on Oxidative Stress and Liver Injury in Weaned Piglets
Veterinary Sciences, 2022 Simple Summary Pigs have been evaluated as good model animals for human physiological and pathological research. During the weaned period, piglets are vulnerable to pathogens due to the transformation from a liquid to a solid feed, environmental changes,
Yun Zhou +9 more
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Characteristics of biter and victim piglets apparent before a tail biting outbreak [PDF]
, 2011 Little is known about the characteristics of biters and victims before the appearance of a tail-biting outbreak in groups of pigs. This study aimed to characterise biters and victims (according to gender and performance) and to quantify their behavioural
Kemp, B. +5 more
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Effects of β-alanine on intestinal development and immune performance of weaned piglets
Animal Nutrition, 2022 Beta-alanine is an important amino acid involved in several metabolic reactions in the body. The study aimed to investigate the effect of β-alanine supplementation on intestinal development and the immune performance of weaned piglets.
Linlin Chen +11 more
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