ORIGINAL PAPER
Effects of nutrient density and emulsifier supplementation
on apparent total tract digestibility, apparent ileal digestibility
and urinary nitrogen in weaned pigs
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Dankook University, Anseodong, Department of Animal Biotechnology, Cheonan, Choongnam 31116, Republic of Korea
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Dankook University, Anseodong, Smart Animal Bio Institute, Cheonan, 31116, Republic of Korea
Publication date: 2025-06-06
Corresponding author
I. H. Kim
Dankook University, Anseodong, Department of Animal Biotechnology, Cheonan, Choongnam 31116, Republic of Korea
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ABSTRACT
Sixteen weaned pigs with an average body weight of
20.19 ± 0.21 kg were individually fitted with T-cannulas in the distal ileum and
randomly assigned to four dietary treatments in a replicated 4 × 4 Latin square
design. The dietary treatments were as follows (TRT): 1) TRT1, high nutrient
diet (HD); 2) TRT2, HD + 0.05% emulsifier; 3) TRT3, low nutrient diet (LD);
4) TRT4, LD + 0.05% emulsifier. Individual pigs served as the experimental unit
to evaluate the effect of emulsifier supplementation in HD and LD diets. Pigs fed
the HD diet with 0.05% emulsifier had significantly improved apparent total tract
digestibility (ATTD) and apparent ileal digestibility (AID) of dry matter, nitrogen,
energy, crude protein and crude fat. Moreover, the ATTD of essential amino acid,
including valine, leucine phenylalanine and, methionine, as well as non-essential
amino acid: glutamic acid, proline, glycine, alanine, tyrosine, and cystine was
significantly increased in pigs fed the HD diet with 0.05% emulsifier (P < 0.05).
The inclusion of 0.05% emulsifier to the HD diet also significantly increased the
AID of essential amino acid like threonine, valine, isoleucine, lysine, arginine
and methionine, as well as non-essential amino acid such as serine, glutamic
acid, glycine, tyrosine and cystine (P < 0.05). Furthermore, pigs receiving the
HD diet with emulsifier supplementation showed a significant increase in urinary
nitrogen content (P < 0.05). These results suggest that feeding weaned pigs
a high-nutrient density diet with 0.05% emulsifier is an effective strategy to
improve their ATTD and AID.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The present study was supported by the research fund of Dankook University in 2024.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
The Authors declare that there is no conflict of interest.
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