Effect of feeding low protein diets supplemented with selected essential amino acids on growth performance and gut health in early weaned Large White Yorkshire piglets
A study was conducted to assess the effect of feeding low protein diets supplemented with selected amino acids on growth performance and gut health in early weaned Large White Yorkshire piglets. Thirty Large White Yorkshire female piglets belonging to Centre for Pig Production and Research, Mannu...
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| description | A study was conducted to assess the effect of feeding low protein diets supplemented
with selected amino acids on growth performance and gut health in early weaned Large White
Yorkshire piglets. Thirty Large White Yorkshire female piglets belonging to Centre for Pig Production
and Research, Mannuthy, weaned at 21 days of age were allotted to three dietary treatment groups
(T1, T2 and T3) with five replicates for each treatment. Piglets were fed pre-starter ration till they
gained a body weight of 5 kg and then on starter ration from 5 to 18 kg body weight. The dietary
protein in treatments T2 and T3 were reduced by 15 and 25 per cent respectively than that of control
treatment (T1). Five amino acids viz., lysine, methionine, threonine, valine and isoleucine were
supplemented to all treatment groups to meet the requirements as per NRC (1998). Body weights of
animals were taken at weekly intervals. There was no significant difference in average body weight
among three treatment groups from first to third week. From fourth to eleventh week, the average
weekly body weight of T1 was significantly higher than T3. The average daily gain was significantly
different among three treatment groups with highest values observed for group T1, followed by
T2 and T3. The feed conversion efficiency was statistically similar among treatment groups. Total
viable count and coliform count were significantly lower in the faeces of piglets fed with low protein
diets, indicating a reduction in microbial population in faeces of piglets in relation to reduction in dietary protein level. From the overall results, it
could be concluded that reducing the dietary
protein levels had resulted in reduced growth
performance in early weaned piglets, in spite
of being supplemented with selected essential
amino acids |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4a709488612a402795994094fdd4e6492023-07-21T11:03:02ZengDirector of Academics and Research, Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences UniversityJournal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences0971-07012582-06052023-06-0154253754310.51966/jvas.2023.54.2.537-543Effect of feeding low protein diets supplemented with selected essential amino acids on growth performance and gut health in early weaned Large White Yorkshire pigletsNikhila Mohan 0M. T. Dipu1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4991-2188K. Ally2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5617-0426A. P. Usha3Jith John Mathew4MVSc Scholar, Department of Animal Nutrition, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Mannuthy, Thrissur-680651, Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Kerala, India.Associate Professor, Department of Animal Nutrition, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Mannuthy, Thrissur-680651, Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Kerala, India.Professor and Head, Department of Animal Nutrition, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Mannuthy, Thrissur-680651, Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Kerala, India.Professor and Head, Centre for Pig Production and Research, Mannuthy, ThrissurAssistant Professor,Department of Animal Nutrition, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Mannuthy, Thrissur-680651, Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Kerala, India.A study was conducted to assess the effect of feeding low protein diets supplemented with selected amino acids on growth performance and gut health in early weaned Large White Yorkshire piglets. Thirty Large White Yorkshire female piglets belonging to Centre for Pig Production and Research, Mannuthy, weaned at 21 days of age were allotted to three dietary treatment groups (T1, T2 and T3) with five replicates for each treatment. Piglets were fed pre-starter ration till they gained a body weight of 5 kg and then on starter ration from 5 to 18 kg body weight. The dietary protein in treatments T2 and T3 were reduced by 15 and 25 per cent respectively than that of control treatment (T1). Five amino acids viz., lysine, methionine, threonine, valine and isoleucine were supplemented to all treatment groups to meet the requirements as per NRC (1998). Body weights of animals were taken at weekly intervals. There was no significant difference in average body weight among three treatment groups from first to third week. From fourth to eleventh week, the average weekly body weight of T1 was significantly higher than T3. The average daily gain was significantly different among three treatment groups with highest values observed for group T1, followed by T2 and T3. The feed conversion efficiency was statistically similar among treatment groups. Total viable count and coliform count were significantly lower in the faeces of piglets fed with low protein diets, indicating a reduction in microbial population in faeces of piglets in relation to reduction in dietary protein level. From the overall results, it could be concluded that reducing the dietary protein levels had resulted in reduced growth performance in early weaned piglets, in spite of being supplemented with selected essential amino acidshttps://jvas.in/public_html/upload/article_file/article_file_ry1e90.pdf?t=ry1e90lwy pigletsearly weaninglow protein dietgrowth performancefaecal microbial count |
| spellingShingle | Nikhila Mohan M. T. Dipu K. Ally A. P. Usha Jith John Mathew Effect of feeding low protein diets supplemented with selected essential amino acids on growth performance and gut health in early weaned Large White Yorkshire piglets Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences lwy piglets early weaning low protein diet growth performance faecal microbial count |
| title | Effect of feeding low protein diets supplemented with selected essential amino acids on growth performance and gut health in early weaned Large White Yorkshire piglets |
| title_full | Effect of feeding low protein diets supplemented with selected essential amino acids on growth performance and gut health in early weaned Large White Yorkshire piglets |
| title_fullStr | Effect of feeding low protein diets supplemented with selected essential amino acids on growth performance and gut health in early weaned Large White Yorkshire piglets |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effect of feeding low protein diets supplemented with selected essential amino acids on growth performance and gut health in early weaned Large White Yorkshire piglets |
| title_short | Effect of feeding low protein diets supplemented with selected essential amino acids on growth performance and gut health in early weaned Large White Yorkshire piglets |
| title_sort | effect of feeding low protein diets supplemented with selected essential amino acids on growth performance and gut health in early weaned large white yorkshire piglets |
| topic | lwy piglets early weaning low protein diet growth performance faecal microbial count |
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