Growth Performance
…with or without high levels of crystalline amino acids on growth performance of late finishing pigs until market weight. A total of 480 pigs with an average starting bodyweight of…
…been demonstrated to modulate immune responses and improve growth performance of pigs exposed to viral disease challenges (see review by Smith and Dilger, 2018. J. Anim. Sci. 96:1288-1304). With the…
Our objective was to evaluate the effects of nutritional interventions for growth rate manipulation during the gilt development phases on growth and reproductive performance. A total of 810 Camborough L42…
Inflammatory responses in broilers are detrimental to the goals of the broiler industry as inflammation results in worsened growth performance by reducing feed intake and muscle protein accretion while increasing…
The objectives of this study were to two-fold in evaluating the effects of soybean meal and soyhulls inclusion level in diets fed to grow-finish pigs on growth performance. Firstly, we…
…of this study was to determine if poor quality SBM would negatively impact growth performance and enteric permeability including bacterial translocation (BT), body weight (BW), and serum fluorescein isothiocyanate dextran…
Dietary fiber can provide functional benefits to nursery pigs, thereby improving gut health and growth performance. However, effects vary depending on the type and amount of fiber supplemented. The objective…
This experiment was conducted to evaluate the influence of vegetable protein sources on growth performance of nursery pigs in a commercial research environment. A total of 2,592 pigs (L337 ×…
…of SBM to satisfy the high protein requirements of turkey poults contributes concerning levels of anti-nutritional factors (ANF) that may have a detrimental effect on health and growth performance of…
…using an amino acid (AA) adjustment in diets with dried distillers grains with solubles (DDGS) on growth performance and carcass characteristics. Pens were randomly assigned to 1 of 4 dietary…
