Growth performance, and carcass and raw ham quality of crossbred heavy pigs from four genetic groups fed low protein diets for dry-cured ham production

S Schiavon, L Carraro, M Dalla Bona, G Cesaro… - Animal Feed Science …, 2015 - Elsevier
This study investigated growth performance, and carcass and raw ham quality of pigs from 4
genetic groups (GG), ANAS (A), DanBred (D), Goland (G) and Topig (T), fed conventional …

Carcass quality and uniformity of heavy pigs fed restrictive diets with progressive reductions in crude protein and indispensable amino acids

L Gallo, G Dalla Montà, L Carraro, A Cecchinato… - Livestock Science, 2015 - Elsevier
This study investigated the effects of four dietary treatments characterized by 0 to 20%
progressive reduction of the dietary crude protein (CP) and indispensable amino acid (AA) …

Effect of the diet level of whole-plant corn silage on the colonic microflora of Hezuo pigs

Q Yang, L Wang, P Wang, Z Yan, Q Chen, P Zhang… - PeerJ, 2024 - peerj.com
Background Whole-plant corn silage (WPCS) is an important roughage source for livestock,
and have critical influences on rumen or intestinal microbiota, thus affecting the growth …

Digestibility and metabolic utilisation of diets containing chestnut tannins and their effects on growth and slaughter traits of heavy pigs

G Galassi, F Mason, L Rapetti… - Italian Journal of …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
This research aims at evaluating the effects of the dietary addition of a supplement
containing 75% of chestnut tannins (CT) on growth performance, slaughter traits …

Apparent digestibility of nutrients in fattening pigs (Largewhite x Duroc x Pietrain), fed with taro (Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott) meal. Technical note

W Caicedo, J Sanchez, A Tapuy, JC Vargas… - Cuban Journal of …, 2018 - cjascience.com
In order to determine the apparent digestibility of nutrients from taro (Colocasia esculenta
(L.) Schott) tubers meal in fattening pigs, three castrated male pigs were used, product of the …

Dietary inclusion of fibrous corn silages reduces gastric mucosa damage in fattening heavy pigs

M Spanghero, M Braidot, M Orioles… - Porcine Health …, 2024 - Springer
Background Several surveys conducted at slaughter sites have highlighted that gastric
lesions are a widespread issue in fattening pigs, mainly due to feeding regimes. Diets with …

Rectal digestibility of nutrients in growing pigs, fed with taro silage (Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott). Technical note

W Caicedo, R Rodríguez, P Lezcano, J Ly… - Cuban Journal of …, 2017 - cjascience.com
A total of eight castrated male pigs were used, from the Yorkshire x Landrace x Duroc
commercial cross, with an average live weight of 36.25±2.12 kg. These animals were …

Assainissement de l'environnement par la valorisation des ressources non conventionnelles en alimentation de porcs en croissance

CC Hedji, M Houinato, F Houndonougbo… - International Journal of …, 2015 - ajol.info
La présente étude s' est intéressée à la comparaison des performances zootechniques et
économiques des porcs nourris avec des aliments commerciaux et des aliments non …

Digestibility, metabolic utilisation and effects on growth and slaughter traits of diets containing whole plant maize silage in heavy pigs

G Galassi, L Malagutti, L Rapetti… - Italian Journal of …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Two experiments were conducted to investigate the inclusion of high cut whole plant corn
silage (HCCS) in diets for finishing heavy pigs on digestibility, metabolic utilisation, growth …

Feeding finishing heavy pigs with corn silages: effects on backfat fatty acid composition and ham weight losses during seasoning

D Capraro, A Buccioni, E Piasentier… - Italian Journal of …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
The effect of diets containing corn silages (whole ear or high cut whole plant corn silages,
WECS and HCCS, respectively) on fatty acid composition of back fat and the weight loss of …