Welfare, performance and meat quality of fattening pigs in alternative housing and management systems: a review

S Millet, CPH Moons, MJ Van Oeckel… - Journal of the …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Conventional husbandry systems for pork production are scrutinized by members of the
general public as well as the scientific community. As a response, alternative forms of pig …

Nitrogen metabolism and growth performance of gilts fed standard corn-soybean meal diets or low-crude protein, amino acid-supplemented diets

JL Figueroa, AJ Lewis, PS Miller… - Journal of animal …, 2002 - academic.oup.com
Two experiments were conducted to determine the CP concentration below which N
retention and growth performance are reduced when low-protein, amino acid …

[HTML][HTML] The quality and health-promoting value of meat from pigs of the native breed as the effect of extensive feeding with acorns

M Szyndler-Nędza, M Świątkiewicz, Ł Migdał, W Migdał - Animals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Modern society is paying more attention to the quality of meat and its
production system. Therefore, in this study, we analyzed the possibility of using a native pig …

Investigations of energy metabolism in weanling barrows: The interaction of dietary energy concentration and daily feed (energy) intake

TF Oresanya, AD Beaulieu… - Journal of animal …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Much of our understanding of energy metabolism in the pig has been derived from studies in
which the energy supply was controlled through regulated feed intake. In commercial …

The effect of dietary protein supply on carcass composition, size of organs, muscle properties and meat quality of pigs

M Ruusunen, K Partanen, R Pösö, E Puolanne - Livestock Science, 2007 - Elsevier
This study investigated the effect of dietary protein supply on growth performance, carcass
composition and size of organs in pigs slaughtered at the age of 165±2 d. In addition, we …

Effects of low protein diets on pigs with a lean genotype. 1. Carcass composition measured by dissection and muscle fatty acid composition

JD Wood, NR Lambe, GA Walling, H Whitney, S Jagger… - Meat Science, 2013 - Elsevier
Pigs with a lean genotype were fed diets differing in protein and amino acid contents
between 40 and 115kg live weight. A high protein control regime (C) was compared with …

Effects of dietary protein levels on growth performance, carcass traits, serum metabolites, and meat composition of Tibetan sheep during the cold season on the …

X Wang, T Xu, X Zhang, Y Geng, S Kang, S Xu - Animals, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The Tibetan sheep (Ovis aries) is an ovine breed well adapted to the harsh
plateau environment. For a long period of time, Tibetan sheep farming has been an …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of free-range and low-protein concentrated diets on growth performance, carcass traits, and meat composition of Iberian pig

JF Tejeda, A Hernández-Matamoros, M Paniagua… - Animals, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary It is generally assumed in the Iberian pig sector that substitution of
traditional free-range rearing, with acorns and grass, by mixed diets affects intramuscular fat …

[HTML][HTML] Propiedades matemáticas del modelo de Gompertz y su aplicación al crecimiento de los cerdos

GA Casas, D Rodríguez… - Revista Colombiana de …, 2010 - scielo.org.co
En esta investigación se utiliza el modelo de crecimiento de Gompertz para describir el
crecimiento corporal, de la canal y de los componentes químicos (proteína, lípido, ceniza y …

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 …