ArticleFrontiers in nutrition2022
Effects of alfalfa levels on carcass traits, meat quality, fatty acid composition, amino acid profile, and gut microflora composition of Heigai pigs.
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- In vitro and in vivo fermentation models to study the function of dietary fiber in pig nutrition.Applied microbiology and biotechnology · 2024Pooled it
- Biological applications and future perspectives of bioactive compounds as pig feed additives.Animal nutrition (Zhongguo xu mu shou yi xue hui) · 2026Review
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- Dietary Green Alfalfa Supplementation Reduces Backfat Thickness and Improves Muscle Water-Holding Capacity in Diqing Tibetan Pigs.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Inclusion of 8% alfalfa silage advances feeding time and improves late-finishing feed efficiency in pigs.PloS one · 2026Article
- Gut microbiota and metabolites in lipid metabolism and intramuscular fat deposition: mechanisms and implications for meat quality.Journal of animal science and biotechnology · 2025Review
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- Effects of alfalfa fermented feed on growth performance, meat quality, and fecal microflora of Taoyuan Black pigs.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025Article
- The Adaptive Alternation of Intestinal Microbiota and Regulation of Host Genes Jointly Promote Pigs to Digest Appropriate High-Fiber Diets.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- The Influence of Increasing Roughage Content in the Diet on the Growth Performance and Intestinal Flora of Jinwu and Duroc × Landrace × Yorkshire Pigs.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Optimization of Bear Oil Extraction Process and Hair Growth Activity.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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Abstract
Recent years have witnessed a dramatic increase in the demand for healthy and high-quality pork. Alfalfa, one of the most popular perennial forages, is considered a rich source of highly nutritional forage for livestock feed, as it contains over 90% insoluble dietary fiber. Nevertheless, there is a paucity of data confirming the effects of adding alfalfa on pork quality, amino acid composition, and intestinal microbiota composition. Therefore, the objective of this study was to investigate the effects of different dietary levels of alfalfa on carcass traits, meat quality, amino acid and fatty acid composition, and the intestinal microbiota of Heigai pigs. A total of 72 finishing Heigai pigs were randomly assigned to two groups (
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