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Growth performance and carcass traits of growing and finishing pigs fed diets with a partial to total replacement of soybean meal with Spirulina powder

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40104-025-01197-7

Published Online: 2025-06-01

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Authors

Don, Gregorio

Giannuzzi, Diana https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2975-0385
Toscano, Alessandro

Schiavon, Stefano

Gallo, Luigi
Funding

Funding for this research was provided by:

European Union Next Generation EU (Agritech National Research Center- PIANO NAZIONALE DI RIPRESA E RESILIENZA - PNRR – MISSIONE 4 COMPONENTE 2, CUP C93C22002790001)

Dipartimento di Agronomia, Animali, Alimenti, Risorse naturali e Ambiente, Università degli Studi di Padova (2024DAFNAE1SIDPROGETTI-00004)

Università degli Studi di Padova
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Article History

Received: 3 December 2024

Accepted: 17 March 2025

First Online: 1 June 2025

Declarations

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: The experimental protocol and the procedures used in this study were approved by the animal ethics committee of the University of Padova (“Organismo preposto per il Benessere Animale”, OPBA–approval document #37/2023). The rearing phase was carried out following the European Union directive for animal experiments (European Union EU, 2010/63/EU), and the animals were inspected at least once a day.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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