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View article: Organic acid-preserved grain improves growth and gut health in weanling pigs fed zinc oxide free diets
Organic acid-preserved grain improves growth and gut health in weanling pigs fed zinc oxide free diets Open
The effects of organic acid (OA)-preserved grain and zinc oxide (ZnO) supplementation on post-weaning (PW) piglet performance and intestinal health were evaluated in a 2 × 2 factorial study. Ninety-six piglets (28 days old) were allocated …
View article: Phenotypic Associations Between Linearly Scored Traits and Sport Horse Auction Sales Price in Ireland
Phenotypic Associations Between Linearly Scored Traits and Sport Horse Auction Sales Price in Ireland Open
This study examines the associations between linearly scored phenotypic traits and auction sales prices of young event horses in Ireland, aiming to identify key traits influencing market value. Data from 307 horses sold at public auctions …
View article: Effect of Maternal Probiotic and Piglet Dietary Tryptophan Level on Performance and Piglet Intestinal Health Parameters Pre-Weaning
Effect of Maternal Probiotic and Piglet Dietary Tryptophan Level on Performance and Piglet Intestinal Health Parameters Pre-Weaning Open
A 2 × 3 factorial design was used to examine the effects of maternal probiotic supplementation (Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus amyloliquefaciens) and/or piglet dietary Trp levels on sow performance and fecal microbiota composition, as well…
View article: Optimising Nutrition for Sustainable Pig Production: Strategies to Quantify and Mitigate Environmental Impact
Optimising Nutrition for Sustainable Pig Production: Strategies to Quantify and Mitigate Environmental Impact Open
The intensifying global demand for food presents significant challenges for sustainable pig production, particularly in the context of escalating input costs, environmental degradation, and resource scarcity. Life cycle assessment provides…
View article: Optimising Nutrition for Sustainable Pig Production: Strategies to Quantify and Mitigate Environmental Impacts
Optimising Nutrition for Sustainable Pig Production: Strategies to Quantify and Mitigate Environmental Impacts Open
The intensifying global demand for food presents significant challenges for sustainable pig production, particularly in the context of escalating input costs, environmental degradation, and resource scarcity. Life Cycle Assessment provides…
View article: Effects of Butyric Acid Supplementation on the Gut Microbiome and Growth Performance of Weanling Pigs Fed a Low-Crude Protein, Propionic Acid-Preserved Grain Diet
Effects of Butyric Acid Supplementation on the Gut Microbiome and Growth Performance of Weanling Pigs Fed a Low-Crude Protein, Propionic Acid-Preserved Grain Diet Open
Reducing crude protein (CP) in weaner pig diets lowers post-weaning diarrhoea risk but may impair growth performance. This study aimed to identify the beneficial effects of organic acid (OA)-preserved grain and butyric acid supplementation…
View article: Effects of organic acid-preserved cereal grains in sow diets during late gestation and lactation on the performance and faecal microbiota of sows and their offspring
Effects of organic acid-preserved cereal grains in sow diets during late gestation and lactation on the performance and faecal microbiota of sows and their offspring Open
Background Organic acids (OA) and maternal nutritional strategies have been demonstrated to promote piglet health and development. The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of incorporating OA-preserved cereal grains into …
View article: Effects of Butyric Acid Supplementation on the Gut Microbiome and Growth Performance of Weanling Pigs Fed a Low-Crude Protein, Propionic Acid-Preserved Grain Diet
Effects of Butyric Acid Supplementation on the Gut Microbiome and Growth Performance of Weanling Pigs Fed a Low-Crude Protein, Propionic Acid-Preserved Grain Diet Open
Reducing crude protein (CP) in weaner pig diets lowers post-weaning diarrhoea risk but may impair growth performance. This study aimed to identify benefical effects of organic acid (OA)-preserved grain and butyric acid (BA) supplementation…
View article: Effects of Maternal Probiotics and Piglet Dietary Tryptophan Level on Gastric Function Pre- and Post-Weaning
Effects of Maternal Probiotics and Piglet Dietary Tryptophan Level on Gastric Function Pre- and Post-Weaning Open
Knowledge of how novel antigens or dietary stimuli affect stomach development and function in pigs remains limited. This study aimed to investigate stomach characteristics, parietal cell numbers, and the expression of genes essential to th…
View article: L-glutamine- and enzyme-supplementation via liquid feed to suckling piglets does not impact growth, health or intestinal structure
L-glutamine- and enzyme-supplementation via liquid feed to suckling piglets does not impact growth, health or intestinal structure Open
The provision of liquid creep feed to suckling pigs has been shown to increase dry matter intake compared to dry creep feeding. The increased feed intake associated with liquid feeding makes it attractive as a means of delivering feed addi…
View article: Sustainable Nutritional Strategies for Gut Health in Weaned Pigs: The Role of Reduced Dietary Crude Protein, Organic Acids and Butyrate Production
Sustainable Nutritional Strategies for Gut Health in Weaned Pigs: The Role of Reduced Dietary Crude Protein, Organic Acids and Butyrate Production Open
Weaning in piglets presents significant physiological and immunological challenges, including gut dysbiosis and increased susceptibility to post-weaning diarrhoea (PWD). Abrupt dietary, environmental, and social changes during this period …
View article: Impact of Reduced Dietary Crude Protein and Propionic Acid Preservation on Intestinal Health and Growth Performance in Post-Weaned Pigs
Impact of Reduced Dietary Crude Protein and Propionic Acid Preservation on Intestinal Health and Growth Performance in Post-Weaned Pigs Open
This study investigated whether organic acid (OA)-preserved grain could mitigate the negative effects of low crude protein (CP) diets on growth performance, intestinal health, and the coefficient of total tract digestibility (CATTD) of nut…
View article: Sustainable Nutritional Strategies for Post-Weaned Pigs: The Role of Reduced Dietary Crude Protein, Organic acids and Butyrate
Sustainable Nutritional Strategies for Post-Weaned Pigs: The Role of Reduced Dietary Crude Protein, Organic acids and Butyrate Open
Weaning in piglets presents significant physiological and immunological challenges, including gut dysbiosis and increased susceptibility to post-weaning diarrhoea (PWD). Abrupt dietary, environmental, and social changes during this period …
View article: A Transcriptomic Evaluation of Neuroactive Receptors in the Colon of a Dextran Sodium Sulphate Pig Model of Colitis
A Transcriptomic Evaluation of Neuroactive Receptors in the Colon of a Dextran Sodium Sulphate Pig Model of Colitis Open
The enteric nervous system (ENS) interacts bidirectionally with the local immune system, responding to inflammation within the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. In a previous study using the same samples, several gene targets were identified as…
View article: 265 Effect of L-glutamine and enzyme supplementation of liquid creep feed from d 8 to 28 of age on pre-weaning growth and health of pigs
265 Effect of L-glutamine and enzyme supplementation of liquid creep feed from d 8 to 28 of age on pre-weaning growth and health of pigs Open
The provision of liquid creep feed has been shown to increase dry matter intake (DMI) compared with dry creep feeding. The greater DMI associated with liquid feeding means that it could be used as an effective route for feed additive suppl…
View article: Effect of implementing an effective farrowing accommodation hygiene routine on clinical cases of disease, medication usage, and growth in suckling and weaned pigs
Effect of implementing an effective farrowing accommodation hygiene routine on clinical cases of disease, medication usage, and growth in suckling and weaned pigs Open
The few studies that have evaluated hygiene routines in farrowing accommodation to date have focused on pathogen elimination from pens, with little attention paid to pig growth and no information provided on pig health or medication usage.…
View article: Effect of creep feeding pelleted starter diet, liquid milk replacer and a liquid mixture of starter diet and milk replacer to suckling pigs on their growth and medication usage
Effect of creep feeding pelleted starter diet, liquid milk replacer and a liquid mixture of starter diet and milk replacer to suckling pigs on their growth and medication usage Open
The aim of this study was to assess the effect of creep-feeding solid starter diet, liquid milk replacer, and a liquid mixture of starter diet and milk replacer to suckling pigs on their growth and medication usage up to target slaughter w…
View article: The Theatre Recovery and Anaesthetic nurse Capnography Education (<scp>TRACE</scp>) project*
The Theatre Recovery and Anaesthetic nurse Capnography Education (<span>TRACE</span>) project* Open
Summary The Theatre Recovery and Anaesthetic Nurse Capnography Education (TRACE) project is a multidisciplinary quality improvement project. The overall aim is to educate anaesthetic and recovery nurses on the correct use of capnography an…
View article: Nutritional Strategies to Mitigate Post-Weaning Challenges in Pigs: A Focus on Glucans, Vitamin D, and Selenium
Nutritional Strategies to Mitigate Post-Weaning Challenges in Pigs: A Focus on Glucans, Vitamin D, and Selenium Open
This review examines the challenges faced by the pig industry, with a specific focus on improving the health and growth of weaned pigs. It emphasizes the immediate necessity of investigating alternative approaches to managing pig nutrition…
View article: Nutritional Strategies to Mitigate Post-Weaning Challenges in Pigs: A Focus on Glucans, Vitamin D, and Selenium
Nutritional Strategies to Mitigate Post-Weaning Challenges in Pigs: A Focus on Glucans, Vitamin D, and Selenium Open
This review examines the challenges faced by the pig industry, with a specific emphasis on improving the health and growth of weaned pigs. It emphasises the immediate necessity of investigating alternative approaches to managing pig nutrit…
View article: The Effect of Maternal Probiotic or Synbiotic Supplementation on Sow and Offspring Gastrointestinal Microbiota, Health, and Performance
The Effect of Maternal Probiotic or Synbiotic Supplementation on Sow and Offspring Gastrointestinal Microbiota, Health, and Performance Open
The increasing prevalence of antimicrobial-resistant pathogens has prompted the reduction in antibiotic and antimicrobial use in commercial pig production. This has led to increased research efforts to identify alternative dietary interven…
View article: Exploring the Differential Expression of a Set of Key Genes Involved in the Regulation and Functioning of the Stomach in the Post-Weaned Pig
Exploring the Differential Expression of a Set of Key Genes Involved in the Regulation and Functioning of the Stomach in the Post-Weaned Pig Open
Despite playing a key role in digestion, there is only a broad characterization of the spatiotemporal development of the three glandular regions of the stomach (cardiac, fundic and pyloric) in the weaned pig. Hence, the objective of this e…
View article: Purification and Molecular Characterization of Fucoidan Isolated from Ascophyllum nodosum Brown Seaweed Grown in Ireland
Purification and Molecular Characterization of Fucoidan Isolated from Ascophyllum nodosum Brown Seaweed Grown in Ireland Open
The present study investigates the molecular characteristics of fucoidan obtained from the brown Irish seaweed Ascophyllum nodosum, employing hydrothermal-assisted extraction (HAE) followed by a three-step purification protocol. The dried …
View article: In Vitro Evaluation of Brown Seaweed Laminaria spp. as a Source of Antibacterial and Prebiotic Extracts That Could Modulate the Gastrointestinal Microbiota of Weaned Pigs
In Vitro Evaluation of Brown Seaweed Laminaria spp. as a Source of Antibacterial and Prebiotic Extracts That Could Modulate the Gastrointestinal Microbiota of Weaned Pigs Open
Laminaria spp. and their extracts have preventative potential as dietary supplements during weaning in pigs. The first objective of this study was to evaluate increasing concentrations of four whole seaweed biomass samples from two differe…
View article: Postpartum meloxicam administration to sows but not split-suckling increases piglet growth and reduces clinical incidence of disease in suckling piglets
Postpartum meloxicam administration to sows but not split-suckling increases piglet growth and reduces clinical incidence of disease in suckling piglets Open
Each suckling pig should receive ≥200 g of colostrum within the first 24 h of life, but with increased litter size this is now difficult to achieve. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of split-suckling and postpartum meloxicam …
View article: Supplementation with Sunflower/Fish Oil-Containing Concentrates in a Grass-Based Beef Production System: Influence on Fatty Acid Composition, Gene Expression, Lipid and Colour Stability and Sensory Characteristics of Longissimus Muscle
Supplementation with Sunflower/Fish Oil-Containing Concentrates in a Grass-Based Beef Production System: Influence on Fatty Acid Composition, Gene Expression, Lipid and Colour Stability and Sensory Characteristics of Longissimus Muscle Open
Beef contains an array of conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) isomers for which positive effects have been reported in animal models of human disease. The objectives were to develop a CLA-enriched beef production system and to assess its qualit…
View article: Identification of circRNAs Associated with Adipogenesis Based on RNA-Seq Data in Pigs
Identification of circRNAs Associated with Adipogenesis Based on RNA-Seq Data in Pigs Open
Adipocytes or fat cells play a vital role in the storage and release of energy in pigs, and many circular RNAs (circRNAs) have emerged as important regulators in various tissues and cell types in pigs. However, the spatio-temporal expressi…
View article: Maternal supplementation with a casein hydrolysate and yeast beta-glucan from late gestation through lactation improves gastrointestinal health of piglets at weaning
Maternal supplementation with a casein hydrolysate and yeast beta-glucan from late gestation through lactation improves gastrointestinal health of piglets at weaning Open
Improving maternal nutrition during pregnancy/lactation is a promising strategy to maximise the intestinal health of piglets undergoing abrupt weaning under commercial production conditions. This experiment investigated the effects of mate…