Simple Summary Throughout the world, piglet mortality and morbidity in large litters are a
major welfare concern and source of economic losses. Gastro-intestinal problems rank …

Immune modulation in animal agriculture has been of research interest for several decades,
yet only a few immunomodulators have received regulatory approval in the United States …

Piglets are susceptible to infections in early life and around weaning due to rapid
environmental and dietary changes. A compelling target to improve pig health in early life is …

Objective: This study tested the hypothesis that the addition of prebiotics and 2 functional
milk ingredients to infant formula would maintain normal growth and gut development, and …

ABSTRACT Background Human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) have antimicrobial and
immunomodulatory actions. It has previously been reported that these oligosaccharides …

Lactoferrin is a bioactive milk protein that stimulates cell proliferation in vitro; however,
limited in vivo evidence exists to allow lactoferrin to be incorporated into infant formula …

Lactoferrin (LF) is a multifunctional immune protein found at high concentrations in human
milk. Herein, the effect of dietary bovine LF (bLF) on mucosal and systemic immune …

This experiment was conducted to investigate growth performance, carcass traits and meat
quality of finishing pigs with dietary β-glucan supplementation. A total of 96 healthy pigs …

The use of feed additives with antioxidant and immune response modulatory activity could
be a useful strategy in suckling calves to reduce morbidity and mortality. This strategy is …

Background In face of the challenge of the emergent diseases and the current efforts of the
governments to create conditions to ban growth-promoting antibiotics and to improve …