No carryover effect of feeding spray dried plasma to weanling pigs in phase 1 on energy and nutrient digestibility in phase 2 were observed.
J Anim Sci
; 1012023 Jan 03.
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| ID: mdl-36848328
Highly digestible and palatable ingredients are usually included in diets for newly weaned pigs to improve feed consumption and nutrient digestibility. Weaning typically causes a decrease in digestion and nutrient absorption, but inclusion of sprayed dried plasma (SDP) in phase 1 diets to weanling pigs may increase nutrient digestibility. However, data to demonstrate possible effects of including SDP to a phase 1 diet for newly weaned pigs on nutrient digestibility of a phase 2 diet without SDP are limited. Therefore, two experiments were conducted to test the hypothesis that inclusion of SDP in a phase 1 diet fed to weanling pigs does not affect the energy or nutrient digestibility of a phase 2 diet without SDP. Results of the two experiments demonstrated that weaned pigs fed a phase 1 diet with 6% SDP did not increase nutrient or energy digestibility of phase 2 compared with pigs fed diets without SDP, indicating that SDP had no carryover effects on nutrient digestibility. Therefore, it appears that feeding SDP in phase 1 diets to weanling pigs does not cause long-term intestinal changes that will affect digestibility of nutrients and energy in phase 2.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Diet
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Digestion
Limits:
Animals
Language:
En
Journal:
J Anim Sci
Year:
2023
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United States
Country of publication:
United States