Impact of indigestible protein on nursery pig performance and intestinal health
T.J. Erinle, O.O. Babatunde, J.K. Htoo, S.M. Mendoza, D.A. Columbus – It is unclear what factors are primarily responsible for the negative response to high protein diets. Factors other than total dietary protein content are likely involved. The concept of...
Centred on Swine Volume 34 No 2
Topics for this edition include:
Influence of dietary nitrogen content and source to improve growth performance and lean gain in finisher pigs
Daniel Columbus- Previous trials done in grower pigs have shown that it is possible to replace some dietary protein or amino acids (AA) with a source of non-protein nitrogen (NPN) such as ammonium phosphate, while maintaining growth performance. However, the...
2025 Annual Research Report
The 2025 annual research report is ready to download. You will find topics that cover the areas of Nutrition Developing an Indigestible Protein Index to Investigate the Effects of Dietary Protein in PigsImpact of fibre on performance and intestinal health...
Does providing high vitamin diets in gestation improve performance and passive immunity?
Hannah Burlet, Frederic Beaudoin, Beatrice Sauve, Laetitia Cloutier, Matheus Costa, Danyel Bueno Dalto – While studies have looked at increasing a subset of vitamins during gestation, no published works have looked at increasing the concentrations of all vitamins normally included...
MSc. in Swine Nutrition – Precision Feeding
MSc in SWINE NUTRITION (Precision Feeding) The Prairie Swine Centre is seeking passionate, bright, and highly motivated individuals interested in a fully-funded position as an MSc graduate student in the disciplines of swine nutrition – precision feeding. The successful candidate...
The effect of standard and large pellet creep feed on the performance and blood parameters of weanling pigs
Jen-Yun Chou, Kylie Kallal, Abigail Tillotson – It is recommended that diets designed for young pigs should include less carbohydrates and lysine and more fibre to minimise insulin spikes. High fibre ingredients typically contain higher iron levels compared to more...
Challenges and opportunities for swine nutrition
Dan Columbus – The issues facing pork producers and swine nutritionists moving into the future are similar to what they have been for decades, a need to increase productivity while meeting increasing demands from legislation and consumers to ensure economic,...
Transepithelial ion transport in the stomach of pigs exposed to gastric ulcer conditions
Gastric ulcers in pigs increase significantly when stressful events occur. However, the exact causes of these gastric ulcerations remain unclear. Gastric acid production is known to be influenced by anionic secretion. An Ussing chamber study was conducted to evaluate the...
Developing an Indigestible Protein Index to Investigate the Effects of Dietary Protein in Pigs
It is unclear what causes the inconsistent negative effects of high protein diets in nursery pigs, but it could be due to protein source or indigestible protein (IDP) content. A literature search and meta-analysis was done that included ninety-four studies...
Impact of fibre on performance and intestinal health of pigs fed a high indigestible protein level
Dietary indigestible protein (IDP) may be a better indicator of potential negative dietary effects than total protein, likely because IDP is available as substrate for microbial fermentation in the hindgut resulting in the production of harmful metabolites. Fermentation of fibre,...
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