The effect of feeding liquid or dry creep feed on growth performance, feed disappearance, enzyme activity and number of eaters in suckling piglets
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The effect of feeding liquid or dry creep feed on growth performance, feed disappearance, enzyme activity and number of eaters in suckling piglets. / Byrgesen, Nanna; Madsen, Johannes Gulmann; Larsen, Christina; Kjeldsen, Niels Jørgen; Cilieborg, Malene Skovsted; Amdi, Charlotte.
In: Animals, Vol. 11, No. 11, 3144, 2021.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - The effect of feeding liquid or dry creep feed on growth performance, feed disappearance, enzyme activity and number of eaters in suckling piglets
AU - Byrgesen, Nanna
AU - Madsen, Johannes Gulmann
AU - Larsen, Christina
AU - Kjeldsen, Niels Jørgen
AU - Cilieborg, Malene Skovsted
AU - Amdi, Charlotte
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of two dietary treatments (liquid creep feed (LCF) and dry creep feed (DCF)) offered during the suckling period on feed disappearance, number of eaters, and intestinal enzymatic development at weaning in an on-farm study with 347 piglets. Piglets were allocated to either the DCF or LCF treatment from day 10 to day 24 postpartum for 9 h a day. Red ferric oxide (1%) was added to the diet to categorize piglets into eating categories (good eaters, moderate eaters, or non-eaters) via faecal swabs. At weaning, 40 piglets were sampled for intestinal enzymatic development. The LCF treatment increased the dry matter disappearance from day 10–18 (p < 0.001). The percentage of good eaters, moderate eaters and non-eaters did not differ between treatments (p >0.05). The DCF pigs displayed greater average daily gain (ADG) pre-weaning (p = 0.024), and a greater body weight (BW) at day 61 (p < 0.001). The activity of lactase, maltase and sucrase in the proximal part of the small intestine were greatest (p < 0.001) in the DCF pigs.
AB - The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of two dietary treatments (liquid creep feed (LCF) and dry creep feed (DCF)) offered during the suckling period on feed disappearance, number of eaters, and intestinal enzymatic development at weaning in an on-farm study with 347 piglets. Piglets were allocated to either the DCF or LCF treatment from day 10 to day 24 postpartum for 9 h a day. Red ferric oxide (1%) was added to the diet to categorize piglets into eating categories (good eaters, moderate eaters, or non-eaters) via faecal swabs. At weaning, 40 piglets were sampled for intestinal enzymatic development. The LCF treatment increased the dry matter disappearance from day 10–18 (p < 0.001). The percentage of good eaters, moderate eaters and non-eaters did not differ between treatments (p >0.05). The DCF pigs displayed greater average daily gain (ADG) pre-weaning (p = 0.024), and a greater body weight (BW) at day 61 (p < 0.001). The activity of lactase, maltase and sucrase in the proximal part of the small intestine were greatest (p < 0.001) in the DCF pigs.
KW - Dry creep feed
KW - Eaters and non-eaters
KW - Enzyme activity
KW - Feed intake
KW - Liquid creep feed
U2 - 10.3390/ani11113144
DO - 10.3390/ani11113144
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 34827876
AN - SCOPUS:85118322701
VL - 11
JO - Animals
JF - Animals
SN - 2076-2615
IS - 11
M1 - 3144
ER -
ID: 284702060