Effect of feeding frequency on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, diarrhea incidence and blood profiles in weaning pigs
An experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of feeding frequency on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, diarrhea incidence and blood profiles in weaning pigs. Piglets (264) (Average BW, 7.6 kg), were allotted to 2 treatments with 6 replicated pens (22 animals per pen; 11 males and 11...
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| author | HYOKON KANG SEONGIL KANG YOUNGJUN NA HYOUNCHUL KWON SANGRAK LEE |
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| description | An experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of feeding frequency on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, diarrhea incidence and blood profiles in weaning pigs. Piglets (264) (Average BW, 7.6 kg), were allotted to 2 treatments with 6 replicated pens (22 animals per pen; 11 males and 11 females) in a randomized complete block design based on body weight. Equal amount of diet was provided to all the animals. They were fed an early weaning diet for 14 d and a late weaning diet for 14 d. The control group was fed the diet twice (at 0700 and 1900 h) per day and treatment group was fed the diet four times (at 0700, 1100, 1500 and 1900 h) per day. The change of feeding frequency did not affect feed intake, body weight gain and gain to feed ratio. With increase in the feeding frequency, blood cortisol concentration was not changed. Also, in leptin and ghrelin analysis, there was no significant difference between treatments. Likewise, dry matter digestibility and diarrhea incidence showed no significant difference. In conclusion, the change of feeding frequency in weaning pigs did not affect the growth performance, nutrient digestibility, diarrhea incidence and blood profiles. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2909a5d71bbe4cc590bac86cdd506bd52023-02-23T10:31:48ZengIndian Council of Agricultural ResearchIndian Journal of Animal Sciences0367-83182394-33272019-08-0189810.56093/ijans.v89i8.93025Effect of feeding frequency on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, diarrhea incidence and blood profiles in weaning pigsHYOKON KANG0SEONGIL KANG1YOUNGJUN NA2HYOUNCHUL KWON3SANGRAK LEE4Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Republic of KoreaSNS FEED, Republic of Korea.Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Republic of KoreaKonkuk University, Seoul 05029, Republic of KoreaKonkuk University, Seoul 05029, Republic of KoreaAn experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of feeding frequency on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, diarrhea incidence and blood profiles in weaning pigs. Piglets (264) (Average BW, 7.6 kg), were allotted to 2 treatments with 6 replicated pens (22 animals per pen; 11 males and 11 females) in a randomized complete block design based on body weight. Equal amount of diet was provided to all the animals. They were fed an early weaning diet for 14 d and a late weaning diet for 14 d. The control group was fed the diet twice (at 0700 and 1900 h) per day and treatment group was fed the diet four times (at 0700, 1100, 1500 and 1900 h) per day. The change of feeding frequency did not affect feed intake, body weight gain and gain to feed ratio. With increase in the feeding frequency, blood cortisol concentration was not changed. Also, in leptin and ghrelin analysis, there was no significant difference between treatments. Likewise, dry matter digestibility and diarrhea incidence showed no significant difference. In conclusion, the change of feeding frequency in weaning pigs did not affect the growth performance, nutrient digestibility, diarrhea incidence and blood profiles.https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJAnS/article/view/93025Feeding frequencyGrowth performanceWeaning pigs |
| spellingShingle | HYOKON KANG SEONGIL KANG YOUNGJUN NA HYOUNCHUL KWON SANGRAK LEE Effect of feeding frequency on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, diarrhea incidence and blood profiles in weaning pigs Indian Journal of Animal Sciences Feeding frequency Growth performance Weaning pigs |
| title | Effect of feeding frequency on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, diarrhea incidence and blood profiles in weaning pigs |
| title_full | Effect of feeding frequency on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, diarrhea incidence and blood profiles in weaning pigs |
| title_fullStr | Effect of feeding frequency on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, diarrhea incidence and blood profiles in weaning pigs |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effect of feeding frequency on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, diarrhea incidence and blood profiles in weaning pigs |
| title_short | Effect of feeding frequency on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, diarrhea incidence and blood profiles in weaning pigs |
| title_sort | effect of feeding frequency on growth performance nutrient digestibility diarrhea incidence and blood profiles in weaning pigs |
| topic | Feeding frequency Growth performance Weaning pigs |
| url | https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJAnS/article/view/93025 |
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