| Author(s) |
Edwards, Megan Victoria
Choct, Mingan
Mikkelsen, Lene Lind
Campbell, Roger
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| Publication Date |
2011
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| Abstract |
Four experiments were conducted under commercial conditions to assess the influence of various nutritional strategies on the intestinal and immune development, survivability and performance of young pigs in the pre- and post-weaning phases. The nutritional strategies included an extruded creep feed product, amino acid supplementation, non-nutritional effects of creep feed, and the use of two nutraceutical products (spray-dried porcine plasma and a yeast derived protein meal). In the latter three experiments, dam parity was considered as a factor, so comparisons between the progeny of primiparous (P0) and multiparous (P2, 3, and 4) sows were examined. ... The results of these studies provide evidence that nutrition is a promising tool to enhance the intestinal and immune development, survivability and performance of young pigs in the pre- and post-weaning phases. The results also highlight the nutritional and non-nutritional roles of early nutrition in piglet development. Beyond providing nutrients for growth, early nutrition can promote feed intake, down-regulate the immune system, promote rapid stabilisation of gastrointestinal microbiota, and limit protein malnutrition.
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| Language |
en
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| Title |
Nutritional strategies to limit the post-weaning growth check in young pigs
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| Type of document |
Thesis Doctoral
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| Entity Type |
Publication
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