Antimicrobial additives (AMA) have long been used to treat infections and promote pig growth. Published evidence suggests that some AMA have a direct anti-inflammatory effect on the intestine. Therefore, it seems reasonable to expect that the growth-promoting effect of AMA may be related to improvements in the gut barrier function.…
Total parenteral nutrition (TPN) is a vital support for neonatal infants with congenital or acquired gastrointestinal (GI) disorders and requiring small bowel resection. An adverse outcome associated with prolonged TPN use is parenteral nutrition associated cholestasis (PNAC). We previously showed that enteral chenodeoxycholic acid (CDCA) treatment reduced PNAC. We hypothesized…
Palatability enhancers have been used as feed additives to increase feed intake through improving diet preference for pigs in needs such as weanling piglets and lactating sows. This study was designed to test effect of supplementations of Luctarom truffle flavor and umami alone or both together on feed intake, lactation…
This study investigated effect of supplementation of functional palatability enhancers with milk cheese flavors to creep diet on growth performance of piglets. Crossbred sows and their litters (n=12; 12 piglets/litter) were pre-arranged randomly to two groups fed with creep diets supplemented with or without 2 kg/ton Luctarom Gold containing sweetener,…
This study investigated effect of supplementation of functional palatability enhancers i.e. Luctarom Gold with colostrum flavors to creep diet on feed intake and growth performance of weanling pigs. Total 56 Duroc piglets were selected from 8 liters with an average age of 7d and pre-arranged randomly to two groups (28…
This study was to compare effects of two different palatability enhancers in creep diets on growth performance, intestinal villi and umami receptor gene expression of piglets. Crossbred sows and nursing pigs were pre-arranged randomly to two groups. They were provided with creep diets supplemented either Luctarom with milk flavor or…
An expanding body of evidence links the use of antimicrobials (ANT) in animal agriculture to the worldwide spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. It is urgent therefore to discontinue the non-therapeutic use of ANT in food-producing animals, but this undertaking is hampered by the still-elusive mechanism that mediates their growth-enhancing action. Available…
Traditionally, bile acids (BA) have been viewed as detergent molecules involved in the intestinal digestion and absorption of lipids and hepatic maintenance of cholesterol homeostasis. During the last 15 years, however, it has become clear that BA are important regulatory molecules with systemic endocrine functions that signal changes in luminal…
Weaning stress results in impaired gut health and piglet performance. These consequences are partly the result of the release of the corticotrophin releasing factor (CRF), which induces degranulation of intestinal mast cells (MC). The objective of this study was to test the hypothesis that blocking the activation of the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal-MC…
The nutritional and functional characteristics of dietary fat are related to the fatty acid (FA) composition and its positional distribution in the triacylglycerol (TAG) fraction. Atlantic salmon is an important source of healthy long chain omega 3 FA (particularly, eicosapentaenoic (EPA) and docoxahexaenoic (DHA) acids). However, the impact of lipid…
