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Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Yuying Wu, Bei Cheng, Longxiang Ji, Xiangyun Lv, Yingying Feng, Liu'an Li, Xin Wu
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Md Rayhan Mahmud, Ching Jian, Md Karim Uddin, Mirja Huhtinen, Anne Salonen, Olli Peltoniemi, Heli Venhoranta, Claudio Oliviero
Summary: Small-scale studies on pigs' intestinal microbiota and growth performance have yielded inconsistent results. This study found that the gut microbiota during the nursery stage, not the suckling period, was a predictor of piglet growth. Certain SCFA-producing bacterial genera were significantly correlated with high piglet growth, and the gut microbiota of high-ADG piglets matured faster and stabilized sooner after weaning compared to low-ADG piglets. The findings suggest that weaning is a major driver of gut microbiota variation and that specific gut microbiota at weaning may be beneficial for piglet growth.
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Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Jie Yu, Shuai Chen, Ziyou Zeng, Shuaibing Xing, Daiwen Chen, Bing Yu, Jun He, Zhiqing Huang, Yuheng Luo, Ping Zheng, Xiangbing Mao, Junqiu Luo, Hui Yan
Summary: Muscle fiber is the basic unit of muscle composition, and can be transformed by low temperature from fast-twitch to slow-switch. This study found that low temperature negatively affects growth performance and nutrient digestibility in weaned piglets, while inducing a shift towards oxidative muscle fibers through mitochondrial function regulation and increased antioxidative capacity.
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Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Tingting Xu, Xin Ma, Xinchen Zhou, Mengqi Qian, Zhiren Yang, Peiwen Cao, Xinyan Han
Summary: Coated tannin improves growth performance, digestibility, and intestinal function of weaned piglets, with the potential to replace ZnO. The results showed that 0.15% CT significantly increased average daily gain and average daily feed intake, while reducing diarrhea incidence. Digestibility and digestive enzyme activity were enhanced, and the structure of intestinal microbiota was altered. CT has potential as a green and safe additive in farming.
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Hui Han, Shunfen Zhang, Ruqing Zhong, Chaohua Tang, Jie Yin, Junmin Zhang, Hongfu Zhang
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JOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY
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Hui Diao, Jiayou Yan, Shuwei Li, Shengyao Kuang, Xiaolan Wei, Mengjia Zhou, Jinxiu Zhang, Chongbo Huang, Peng He, Wenjie Tang
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Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Zhe Yang, Fang Wang, Yexin Yin, Peng Huang, Qian Jiang, Zhimou Liu, Yulong Yin, Jiashun Chen
Summary: This study aimed to determine the effects of dietary Litsea cubeba essential oil (LEO) supplementation on various aspects of weaned piglets. The results showed that high-dose LEO supplementation improved growth performance, immune function, antioxidant level, intestinal morphology, and microbial composition. LEO supplementation also increased the concentration of short chain fatty acids in the cecum and colon.
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Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Anna Szuba-Trznadel, Anna Rzasa, Tomasz Hikawczuk, Boguslaw Fuchs
Summary: This study demonstrates that supplementing with zinc oxide nanoparticles can prevent diarrhea in weaned piglets while improving growth rate and feed efficiency, recommending the use of 150 mg/kg of zinc oxide nanoparticles instead of therapeutic doses of zinc preparations for the same efficacy.
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Agronomy
Zequn Fan, Zou Xia, Pierre Cozannet, Marta Perez de Nanclares, Huailu Xin, Mingyu Wang, Daiwen Chen, Bing Yu, Jun He, Jie Yu, Xiangbing Mao, Zhiqing Huang, Yuheng Luo, Junqiu Luo, Hui Yan, Ping Zheng
Summary: The integrated technology of a diet fermented with bacterial enzymes and liquid feeding can improve the growth performance and intestinal health of weaned piglets, and enhance palatability and nutrient digestibility.
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Alexandre Maciel Vieira, Amanda Pires Sessin, Tatiany Aparecida Teixeira Soratto, Paula Gabriela da Silva Pires, Katia Maria Cardinal, Glauber Wagner, Lucelia Hauptli, Andre Luis Ferreira Lima, Fabiano Dahlke, Diego Peres Netto, Priscila de Oliveira Moraes
Summary: The study evaluated the use of a commercial blend of functional oils containing cashew nutshell liquid and castor oil as growth promoters in newly weaned piglets. Supplementation with functional oils significantly improved daily weight gain and feed conversion ratio in the first weeks of the experiment, leading to higher final live weight compared to the control group. Both probiotics and functional oils were effective in promoting beneficial microbiota essential for intestinal health, with functional oils showing better reduction of pathogenic bacteria.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2021)
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Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Chenxu Li, Pengli Zhao, Qi Shao, Wenbin Chen, Shucheng Huang, Xueying Wang, Cai Zhang, Lei He
Summary: The study found that dietary supplementation with Glycyrrhiza polysaccharide (GCP) can improve growth performance, blood parameters, and immunity in weaned piglets. The addition of 1000 mg/kg GCP had the most beneficial effect on the diet.
JOURNAL OF ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY AND ANIMAL NUTRITION
(2023)
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Microbiology
Jing Liang, Shasha Kou, Cheng Chen, Sayed Haidar Abbas Raza, Sihu Wang, Xi Ma, Wen-Ju Zhang, Cunxi Nie
Summary: The study found that feeding piglets with C. butyricum did not significantly affect their growth performance or incidence of diarrhea during the experimental period. Analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequencing results showed that the CB group had significantly increased microbial diversity compared to the NC group. Furthermore, the addition of C. butyricum led to significant changes in fecal metabolites, particularly involving pathways related to citrulline, dicarboxylic acids, branched-chain amino acids, and tryptophan metabolism.
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Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Shilong Liu, Xiaoping Zhu, Yueqin Qiu, Li Wang, Xiuguo Shang, Kaiguo Gao, Xuefen Yang, Zongyong Jiang
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Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Kimmie Kyed Lyderik, Xuwen Zhang, Christina Larsen, Niels Jorgen Kjeldsen, Marie Louise Madelung Pedersen, Mette Skou Hedemann, Andrew Richard Williams, Charlotte Amdi, Johannes Gulmann Madsen
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the effects of weaning time (week 4 vs week 5) and feed type (liquid vs dry) on growth performance, disaccharidase activity, and nutrient transporter expression after weaning. The results showed that pigs fed liquid feed had lower maltase activity but higher expression of SGLT-1. Pigs weaned in week 5 were heavier than those weaned in week 4. Overall, liquid feed promoted weight gain during the early post-weaning period and at nine weeks.
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Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Yang Liu, Aimin Wu, Ruixia Mo, Qiang Zhou, Lianghui Song, Zheng Li, Hua Zhao, Zhengfeng Fang, Yan Lin, Shengyu Xu, Bin Feng, Yong Zhuo, De Wu, Lianqiang Che
Summary: This study investigated the effects of dietary lysolecithin supplementation on the growth performance, nutrients absorption, lipid metabolism, and redox status of weaned pigs. The results showed that dietary lysolecithin supplementation improved the growth performance, enhanced nutrients absorption, and improved the redox status and lipid metabolism of weaned pigs.
JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE
(2023)