Dietary fiber utilization and its effects on physiological functions and gut health of swine

R Jha, JD Berrocoso - Animal, 2015 - cambridge.org
Although dietary fiber (DF) negatively affects energy and nutrient digestibility, there is
growing interest for the inclusion of its fermentable fraction in pig diets due to their functional …

Relevance of functional properties of dietary fibre in diets for weanling pigs

F Molist, M Van Oostrum, JF Pérez, GG Mateos… - Animal Feed Science …, 2014 - Elsevier
Traditionally, feeding highly digestible ingredients and including in-feed antibiotics as
growth promoters has been recommended in piglets diets. However, the ban of in-feed …

Dietary Soluble and Insoluble Fiber With or Without Enzymes Altered the Intestinal Microbiota in Weaned Pigs Challenged With Enterotoxigenic E. coli F18

Q Li, X Peng, ER Burrough, O Sahin, SA Gould… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Post-weaning diarrhea caused by enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC) causes significant
economic losses for pig producers. This study was to test the hypotheses that an ETEC …

A soluble and highly fermentable dietary fiber with carbohydrases improved gut barrier integrity markers and growth performance in F18 ETEC challenged pigs

Q Li, ER Burrough, NK Gabler, CL Loving… - Journal of Animal …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
This study aimed to evaluate the effects of a source of dietary soluble (SF) and insoluble
fiber (IF) without or with exogenous carbohydrases (xylanase, β-glucanase, and pectinase) …

Variations on gut health and energy metabolism in pigs and humans by intake of different dietary fibers

P Yang, J Zhao - Food science & nutrition, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Many studies have reported that dietary fibers play a crucial role in promoting intestinal
health of the host, since it strengthens functions of epithelial barrier and meanwhile …

In-feed supplementation of resin acid-enriched composition modulates gut microbiota, improves growth performance, and reduces post-weaning diarrhea and gut …

MK Uddin, S Hasan, MR Mahmud, O Peltoniemi… - Animals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The weaning process can be detrimental to piglets and often leads to low
feed intake, low weight gain, diarrhea, and eventually increased mortality. Resin acid …

Fiber substrates in the nutrition of weaned piglets–a review

M Flis, W Sobotka, Z Antoszkiewicz - Annals of Animal Science, 2017 - sciendo.com
♦ Corresponding author: wieslaw. sobotka@ uwm. edu. pl abstract the present review
summarizes the results of 37 experiments in which different types and levels (from 0.5 to …

Fiber sources in diets for newly weaned piglets

LAF Pascoal, MC Thomaz, PH Watanabe… - Revista Brasileira de …, 2012 - SciELO Brasil
This experiment was carried out to evaluate the effects of purified cellulose, soybean hulls
and citrus pulp in the diet of weaned piglets. A total of 72 piglets (36 castrated males and 36 …

Effects of fiber inclusion on growth performance and nutrient digestibility of piglets reared under optimal or poor hygienic conditions

JD Berrocoso, D Menoyo, P Guzmán… - Journal of Animal …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Two experiments were conducted to study the effects of inclusion of additional fiber in the
Phase I diet on growth performance and nutrient digestibility in piglets reared under …

Adaptation duration for net energy determination of high fiber diets in growing pigs

ZQ Lyu, CF Huang, YK Li, PL Li, H Liu, YF Chen… - Animal Feed Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
This study was conducted to determine the optimal adaptation duration of growing pigs to
high fiber diets for net energy (NE) determination and the effect of soluble and insoluble fiber …