ReviewAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2023
Effects of Various Feed Additives on Finishing Pig Growth Performance and Carcass Characteristics: A Review.
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14 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Effect of increasing dietary isoacid levels on total tract and apparent ileal nutrient digestibility and fermentation products in growing pigs fed corn-soybean meal diets.Journal of animal science and biotechnology · 2025Article
- The Biological Functions of Yeast and Yeast Derivatives and Their Application in Swine Production: A Review.Microorganisms · 2025Review
- Optimising Nutrition for Sustainable Pig Production: Strategies to Quantify and Mitigate Environmental Impact.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Review
- Technologies and practices to improve feed and nutrient utilization by pigs.Journal of animal science · 2025Review
- A cellulose-degradingComputational and structural biotechnology journal · 2025Article
- Dietary supplementation with citrus peel extract in transition period improves rumen microbial composition and ameliorates energy metabolism and lactation performance of dairy cows.Journal of animal science and biotechnology · 2024Article
- Effect of Sex on Intestinal Microbial Metabolites of Hainan Special Wild Boars.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Evaluating the effects of benzoic acid on nursery and finishing pig growth performance.Translational animal science · 2024Article
- Evaluating increasing levels of sodium diformate in diets for nursery and finishing pigs on growth performance, fecal dry matter, and carcass characteristics.Translational animal science · 2024Article
- Dietary supplementation with a novel acidifier sodium diformate improves growth performance by increasing growth-related hormones levels and preventsFrontiers in veterinary science · 2024Article
- Hotspots and bottlenecks for the enhancement of the environmental sustainability of pig systems, with emphasis on European pig systems.Porcine health management · 2023Review
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Abstract
Feed additives have shown benefits throughout the literature in improving grow−finish pigs’ growth performance and carcass characteristics. However, the results have not been well summarized. Therefore, this review summarizes the available research (402 articles) on 14 feed additive categories fed to grow−finish pigs. The categories were acidifiers, betaine, Cr, conjugated linoleic acids, Cu, direct-fed microbials, carbohydrases, proteases, phytases, multi-enzymes, essential oils, L-carnitine, yeasts, and Zn. Qualified articles were collected and selected based on inclusion and exclusion criteria from online databases. The percentage difference for each response variable between the treatment and control group was calculated and summarized. Most results were positive for each feed additive; however, the magnitude of improvement varied, and most were not statistically significant. For ADG, DFM, Cu, L-carnitine, and multi-enzymes showed relatively large positive effects (>2.1% improvement) across a reasonable number of articles. Acidifiers, betaine, CLA, multi-enzymes, DFM, L-carnitine, and yeasts showed relatively large positive effects (>2.5% improvement) on improving G:F. Moreover, except for betaine, Cr, CLA, and L-carnitine, most feed additives showed little and non-significant effects on BF thickness (<1.7% improvement). This review provides a descriptive analysis for commonly used feed additives in the hope of better understanding feed additives’ effects on grow−finish pigs.
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