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Intestinal Health and Threonine Requirement of Growing Pigs Fed Diets Containing High Dietary Fibre and Fermentable Protein by Wellington, Michael O.; Thiessen, Rochelle B.; Van Kessel, Andrew G.; Columbus, Daniel A. is a Agricultural and Biological Sciences article available to read on EtoBox.
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Dietary fibre (DF) and fermentable crude protein (fCP) are dietary factors which affect nutrient utilization and intestinal health in pigs. A nitrogen (N)-balance study was conducted to determine the impact of DF and fCP on threonine (Thr) requirement for protein deposition (PD) and indicators of intestinal health. A total of 160 growing pigs (25 kg) were randomly assigned to 1 of 20 dietary treatments in a 2 × 2 × 5 factorial arrangement in a randomized complete block design with dietary fibre (low (LF) or high fibre (HF)], fCP [low (LfCP) or high fCP (HfCP)) and Thr (0.52, 0.60, 0.68, 0.76, or 0.82% standardized ileal digestible) as factors. Then, 4-day total urine and fecal collection was conducted, and pigs were euthanized for intestinal tissue and digesta sampling. Feeding high DF, regardless of fCP content, increased Thr requirement for PD (p < 0.05). High fCP, regardless of DF content, reduced Thr requirement for PD. Serum antioxidant capacity increased as dietary Thr level increased (p < 0.05). Cecal digesta short-chain fatty acids (SCFA) increased (p < 0.05) with HF and branched-chain fatty acids (BCFA) increased with HfCP and reduced with HF (p < 0.05). HfCP reduced (p <
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- Author
- Wellington, Michael O.; Thiessen, Rochelle B.; Van Kessel, Andrew G.; Columbus, Daniel A.
- Publisher
- MDPI AG; Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI); Basel: MDPI AG, 2011- (ISSN 2076-2615)
- Published
- 2020
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Life Sciences)