ReviewAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2022
Too Much of a Good Thing: Rethinking Feed Formulation and Feeding Practices for Zinc in Swine Diets to Achieve One Health and Environmental Sustainability.
Review in Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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- Dietary iron and metal-based growth differentially modulate growth and gut microbiome of weaned piglets.Animal microbiome · 2026Article
- Zinc and animal health: an in-depth exploration of its role in physiological functions and regulatory molecular mechanisms.Journal of animal science and biotechnology · 2025Review
- A Low Dose of Berberine Is Metabolized in Weaned Piglets Without Major Changes to Gut Morphology or Gut Microbiota.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- Different sources and dosages of zinc oxide and copper influence growth performance and intestinal health of post-weaning piglets.Journal of animal science · 2025Article
- Sustainable AGP alternatives: a systems approach to non-antibiotic growth regulators standardization, synergistic formulation and environmental safety.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025Review
- Interactions between maternal parity and feed additives drive the composition of pig gut microbiomes in the post-weaning period.Journal of animal science and biotechnology · 2024Article
- Effects of Tetrabasic Zinc Chloride on the Diarrhea Rate, Intestinal Morphology, Immune Indices and Microflora of Weaned Piglets.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Effects of increasing dietary arginine supply during the three first weeks after weaning on pig growth performance, plasma amino acid concentrations, and health status.Translational animal science · 2024Article
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Abstract
The objectives of this review were to summarize current knowledge of Zn in swine nutrition, environmental concerns, potential contribution to antimicrobial resistance, and explore the use of alternative feeding strategies to reduce Zn excretion in manure while capturing improvements in productivity. Zinc is a required nutrient for pigs but is commonly supplemented at concentrations that greatly exceed estimated requirements. Feeding pharmacological concentrations of Zn from ZnO to pigs for 1 to 2 weeks post-weaning reduces post-weaning diarrhea and improves growth performance. Feeding elevated dietary levels of Zn to sows during the last 30 days of gestation can reduce the incidence of low-birth-weight pigs and pre-weaning mortality. Most of the dietary Zn consumed by pigs is not retained in the body and is subsequently excreted in manure, which led several countries to impose regulations restricting dietary Zn concentrations to reduce environmental impacts. Although restricting Zn supplementation in swine diets is a reasonable approach for reducing environmental pollution, it does not allow capturing health and productivity benefits from strategic use of elevated dietary Zn concentrations. Therefore, we propose feeding strategies that allow strategic use of high dietary concentrations of Zn while also reducing Zn excretion in manure compared with current feeding practices.
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