The main characteristics of the Iberian breed, an autochthonous pig breed of the Iberian
Peninsula, are presented in this chapter along with the results of a literature review on …

Meat consumption is an important part of human diet with strong implications in health,
economy and culture worldwide. Meat is a proteinaceous product and therefore proteomics …

This study was to determine the effects of dietary emodin (ED) on the intestinal mucosal
barrier, nuclear factor kappa-B (NF-κB) pathways, and gut microbial flora in …

Background The present study was conducted to compare the differences in gut microbiota
composition and gut-phenotypes among pig breeds, and determine whether these …

Vitamin A (VA) is an important nutrient for weaning piglets. It plays a significant role in the
normal formation, development, and maintenance of epithelial cells. Previous studies have …

Background Along with economic development and living standards' improvement, more
and more attention has been converted from satisfying meat quantity to pursuing meat …

Residual feed intake (RFI) is a unique measure of feed efficiency (FE) and an alternative to
traditional measures. The RFI is defined as the difference between the actual feed intake of …

Early weaning in piglets can cause a series of negative effects. This causes serious losses
to the livestock industry. N-Acetyl-D-glucosamine (D-GlcNAc) plays an important role in …

Globally, pressure on concentrate feed resources is increasing, especially in the tropics
where many countries are net importers of food. Forage plants are a possible alternative, but …

The objectives of the experiment were to evaluate growth and carcass characteristics, organ
weight, meat quality and intramuscular fatty acid (FA) and amino acid composition between …