Blood chemistry of growing male pigs in response to low protein and energy diets with EnziBlend Plus supplementation

Amaefule, R. A.; Iwuji, T. C.; Ogbuewu, I. P.; Etuk, I. F.

doi:10.1007/s00580-020-03163-3

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“…Furthermore, XLA pigs had a reduced concentration of blood total protein, albumin, and creatinine in the current study, consistent with previous studies [41,42]. These results are not surprising, with albumin being the most important blood protein, as there is a positive correlation between blood protein and protein intake [42].…”

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Reduction in Diarrhoea and Modulation of Intestinal Gene Expression in Pigs Allocated a Low Protein Diet without Medicinal Zinc Oxide Post-Weaning

Lynegaard

Kjeldsen

Hansen

et al. 2022

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Weaning comprises a challenging period for pigs, but dietary tools can be implemented to avoid excess antibiotics usage. Therefore, we tested the effect of a 17.6% crude protein (CP) diet on growth and diarrhoea and investigated the effect of a 15.5% CP diet post-weaning on transcriptomic responses, growth, and diarrhoea-related antibiotic treatments. At weaning, pigs were divided into five dietary treatment groups in a three-phase diet from weaning to 30 kg bodyweight. The diets included a positive control group (PC) with medicinal zinc oxide, a negative control group (NC), a 17.6% CP diet based on soy protein concentrate (SP), a 17.6% CP diet based on soybean meal (SB), and a 15.5% CP diet with additional amino acids (XLA). Growth performance and the occurrence of diarrhoea were similar between the SP and SB groups. The XLA pigs had a reduced weight gain and fewer antibiotics treatments caused by diarrhoea, as well as a reduced level of blood proteins. Intestinal tissue samples from the XLA pigs displayed decreased expression of genes involved in nutrient metabolism and immune responses relative to the PC group. In conclusion, a very low CP diet reduces antibiotics treatments, but also adapts gut nutrient metabolism and reduces growth performance.

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Reduction in Diarrhoea and Modulation of Intestinal Gene Expression in Pigs Allocated a Low Protein Diet without Medicinal Zinc Oxide Post-Weaning

Lynegaard

Kjeldsen

Hansen

et al. 2022

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Growth performance indices and internal organ characteristics of male pigs fed diets containing Aspilia africana leaf meal

Iwuji,

Cynthia,

Innocent

et al. 2024

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The high cost of feedstuff and untoward effects of synthetic drug use in livestock production necessitated this research, which evaluated the roles of Aspilia africana leaf meal (AALM) on the growth and organ characteristics of pigs. Fifty (50) growing large white male pigs of 10–12 weeks old with average weight of 10.93kg were used. The pigs were grouped into five, having five replicates of two pigs each. Each group was assigned to an experimental diet in a completely randomized design. The diets were the control diet (without AALM); the AALM2.5 diet containing 2.5% AALM; the AALM5.0 diet containing 5.0% AALM; the AALM7.5 diet containing 7.5% AALM; and the AALM10.0 diet containing 10.0% AALM. Feed intake (FI) and body weight gain (BWG) decreased (p < 0.05) with increasing levels of AALM, while feed conversion ratio (FCR) was best (p < 0.05) with AALM5.0 diet. The percentage weight (PW) of the lungs, intestine, and testes was higher (p < 0.05) in AALM5.0 and AALM7.5 than in other treatments which were similar (p > 0.05), while the PW of the liver increased (p < 0.05) with increasing levels of AALM. Pigs on AALM10.0 diet recorded non-pathological changes in their lungs, liver, and kidney. Proliferation of sperm cells under normal tissue architecture was observed in the testes of AALM5.0, AALM7.5, and AALM10.0 pigs. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the role of a non-conventional feed resource, Aspilia africana leaf meal (AALM) on the growth and internal organ characteristics of male pigs.

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Blood chemistry of growing male pigs in response to low protein and energy diets with EnziBlend Plus supplementation

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Reduction in Diarrhoea and Modulation of Intestinal Gene Expression in Pigs Allocated a Low Protein Diet without Medicinal Zinc Oxide Post-Weaning

Reduction in Diarrhoea and Modulation of Intestinal Gene Expression in Pigs Allocated a Low Protein Diet without Medicinal Zinc Oxide Post-Weaning

Growth performance indices and internal organ characteristics of male pigs fed diets containing Aspilia africana leaf meal

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