A significant interaction of treatment and dry matter intake was observed, however, for the abundance of Eubacterium ruminantium.
A higher pellet intake was observed during the night period (18 00 09 00 h) whatever the age.
On the contrary, protein intake was observed to be maintained in old males when they were offered whey protein.
The lowest (P<0.001) intake was observed in S1 and similar intakes were observed in S2 and S3.
Between pre-training and training phase, a small reduction in the total food intake was observed; however, the weight of the animals was checked every few days to ensure that the body weight was stable and therefore not affecting other mechanisms such as metabolism.
An effect (P < 0.05) of floor cooling on average daily feed intake was observed and floor cooling sows showed a higher average (P < 0.05) digestible lysine (61.5 vs. 51.8 g/d) and ME (78.2 vs. 65.9 MJ/d) intakes.
Although a higher absolute energy intake was observed for the three macronutrients after the KBW task (p < 0.05), no specific preference was detected, as reflected by the comparable percent of energy from each macronutrient in the two conditions.
Dry matter intake was decreased by feeding the COD compared with the CGD; however, no difference in dry matter intake was observed among the control diet, the DGD, and the COD.
Conversely, higher daily water intake was observed in participants reporting GIS (vs. no-GIS).
A significant decrease in the food and fluid intake was observed in the CsA group when compared with the control group.
Food intake was observed in more than 60%% of individuals in late-January, but this rate decreased to about 20%% in mid-March.
