Technical Information
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Short-chain fatty acids such as butyrate are considered potential alternatives to antibiotic growth promoters. The efficacy of butyric acid on performance and carcass characteristics of broiler chickens was tested in two studies. The effect of dietary butyrate on the ability to withstand coccidial oocyte challenge also was investigated.
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Two experiments were conducted to investigate the causes of the failure of orally dosed medium-chain triglycerides (MCT) in improving the survival of neonatal pigs. In Exp. 1, four litters consisting of 24 unsuckled neonatal pigs were either dosed with 6 mL/kg BW.75 of MCT or the dosing process was mimicked by inserting......
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Docosahexaenoic acid (DMA) is incorporated in large amounts in structural lipids of the developing central nervous system. Milk DMA varies with maternal dietary DMA, but the effect of different intakes of DHA from milk on infant tissue fatty acids is unknown.
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In a field trial conducted on a commercial swine farm, lean-genotype sows (n = 485) were fed diets containing 0 or 10% supplemental fat as either medium-chain triglyceride or choice white grease from d 90 of gestation until weaning (15.5 d).
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The impact of feeding flax as seed,meal, or oil to late-pregnant and lactating sows on hormone concentrations, immune responses, and sow and litter performances was studied Sixty sows were fed 1 of 4 diets from 68 d of gestation until 21 d of lactation.
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Echium oil (source of stearidonic acid) and linseed oil (source of α-linolenic acid) were evaluated as alternatives for fish oil in the diet of sows to increase the docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) status of the offspring.
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Butyric acid is one of the short-chain fatty acid (SCFA) that is the C2-5 organic fatty acid. It is a main end-product of anaerobic bacterial fermentation of carbohydrates in the rumen of forestomach animal species and in the colon of omnivorous species involving humans.
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The effect of 15% lipid addition to perinatal sow s diet on piglet survival and performance was investigated with 85 litters over four farrowing seasons Sows received either control or fat supplemented diets from d 109 of gestation through d 21 of lactation.
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A study was conducted to determine the effect of dietary supplementation of n-3 fatty acids (O3FA) with or without elevated concentrations of protein on the performance of sows during the first and the subsequent parity.
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Four experiments utilizing 49 primiparous and 34 multiparous sows were conducted to evaluate the effect of feeding either starch, soybean oil or medium-chain triglyceride (MCI ) during late gestation late gestation (d 100 to parturition) on neonatal fasting blood glucose homeostasis (Exp. 1 and 2)......