Nutrient Utilisation of Weaner Pigs Fed Fibre Feedstuffs Treated with Complex Probiotics

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The nutritional inferiority and variations in nutrient composition of agro–industrial by-products necessitated the need to improve the nutrient composition of these feedstuffs through the use of probiotics. The effect of complex probiotics on fibre feedstuffs was determined on growth response, apparent utilisation of nutrients, protein, and metabolizable energy of weaner pigs. 18 weaner pigs of average weight 6.17 ± 0.44 kg of Large White × Hampshire breed were assigned randomly to six diets. Three pigs were allocated per diet. Each animal served as a replicate. 25% of brewer’s dry grain (BDG–P), Wheat offal (WO–P), and palm kernel cake (PKC–P) without probiotics were denoted as diets 1, 3, and 5. In contrast, diets 2, 4, and 6 had similar feedstuffs supplemented with commercial probiotics (Re3) at 2.5 ml kg-1 of feed. The commercial probiotics comprised: Lactobacilli (1×108cfug-1), Bacillus(1×1012cfug-1), Saccharomyces cerevisiae, yeast (1×105cfug-1) and yeast as a fermentation agent. Animals were given feed and water without restriction for 10 weeks. Results showed that average final weight and feed conversion ratio (FCR) significantly differed, while no significant difference (P>0.05) existed among diets for average daily feed intake and weight gain. WO–P diet gave the best (2.14) FCR. The apparent nutrient digestibility, utilisation of protein and metabolisable energy showed significant differences (P < 0.05) across the diet. Metabolizable energy intake/kg gain (P<0.05) of PKC+P and BDG+P fed pigs decreased by 7% and 8.90% respectively. Conclusively, probiotics inclusion improved the crude protein of diets, as well as the growth and utilisation of PKC and BDG diets, with a depressing effect on wheat offal diets.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Probiotics
• Growth response
• Digestibility
• Crude protein
• Metabolisable energy
• Ad libitum

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