Challenges and opportunities for improving nitrogen utilization efficiency for more sustainable pork production

GC Shurson, BJ Kerr - Frontiers in Animal Science, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Pork is one of the most consumed animal-derived protein sources around the world, but less
than 45% of dietary nitrogen (N) is converted into edible lean meat. This inefficiency …

[HTML][HTML] Systematic review and meta-analysis of the methionine utilization efficiency in piglets receiving different methionine sources

VC Souza, A Remus, DI Batonon-Alavo, F Rouffineau… - animal, 2023 - Elsevier
Methionine (Met) is an essential amino acid that can be supplied in different chemical forms:
DL-Met, L-Met, and OH-Met. This study aimed (i) to model and compare the utilization …

Microplastics contamination in commercial fish meal and feed: a major concern in the cultured organisms

I Jeyasanta, MN Sathish, J Patterson, VG Esmeralda… - Chemosphere, 2024 - Elsevier
The growing scale of plastic pollution causes a devastating impact on the aquatic
ecosystem. The people largely depend on animal-based food for their protein requirements …

ASAS-NANP symposium: mathematical modeling in animal nutrition: limitations and potential next steps for modeling and modelers in the animal sciences

M Jacobs, A Remus, C Gaillard… - Journal of Animal …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The field of animal science, and especially animal nutrition, relies heavily on modeling to
accomplish its day-to-day objectives. New data streams (“big data”) and the exponential …

The effect of maternal probiotic or synbiotic supplementation on sow and offspring gastrointestinal microbiota, health, and performance

DP Kiernan, JV O'Doherty, T Sweeney - Animals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The gastrointestinal tract (GIT) microbiota refers to the collection of
microorganisms that colonize the GIT. The composition and diversity of the GIT microbiota …

Urea nitrogen metabolite can contribute to implementing the ideal protein concept in monogastric animals

PJ Marín-García, L Llobat, MC López-Lujan… - Animals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Can urea nitrogen metabolite contribute to implementing the ideal protein
concept in monogastric animals? This work aims to critically analyse how this metabolite can …

Impact of lowering nitrogen content in pig manure through low crude protein diets on anaerobic digestion process stability, biogas yields, and digestate composition

FMW Hickmann, B Salahshournia, I Andretta… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Lowering crude protein in pig diets can reduce nitrogen (N) excretion and alter manure
characteristics. Anaerobic digestion (AD) offers potential for converting pig manure into …

Sustainable swine feeding programs require the convergence of multiple dimensions of circular agriculture and food systems with One Health

GC Shurson, PE Urriola - Animal Frontiers, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Sustainable swine feeding programs require the convergence of multiple dimensions of circular
agriculture and food systems with One Health | Animal Frontiers | Oxford Academic Skip to Main …

[HTML][HTML] Fundamentals, limitations and pitfalls on the development and application of precision nutrition techniques for precision livestock farming

C Pomar, A Remus - animal, 2023 - Elsevier
Precision livestock farming (PLF) concerns the management of livestock using the principles
and technologies of process engineering. Precision nutrition (PN) is part of the PLF …

Environmental impacts of eco-nutrition swine feeding programs in spatially explicit geographic regions of the United States

GC Shurson, REO Pelton, Z Yang… - Journal of animal …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
This study was conducted to determine greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, water
consumption, land use, as well as nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), and carbon (C) balance of …