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Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Jing Hu, In-Ho Kim
Summary: This study investigated the effects of Bacillus subtilis C-3102 spores as a probiotic feed supplement on the growth performance, nutrient digestibility, fecal score, intestinal microbiota, and excreta odor contents in weanling piglets. The results showed that the addition of Bacillus subtilis C-3102 spores improved the body weight, average daily gain, gain-to-feed ratio, and apparent total tract digestibility of the piglets. It also reduced diarrhea scores. The findings suggest that dietary supplementation with Bacillus subtilis C-3102 spores can be beneficial for weanling piglets.
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Madesh Muniyappan, Sureshkumar Shanmugam, Jae Hong Park, Kyudong Han, In Ho Kim
Summary: This study investigates the effects of fermenting soybean meal with Enterococcus faecium to replace soybean meal on the growth, digestion, blood profile, and gut microbiota of weaned pigs. The results show that fermented soybean meal supplementation improves growth performance, digestion, and blood profiles of the pigs. It also positively affects the composition of gut microbiota. Overall, replacing soybean meal with fermented soybean meal shows potential for promoting immune characteristics and regulating intestinal health in weaning piglets.
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Yu Bai, Zhenyu Wang, Xingjian Zhou, Yaowen Zhang, Hao Ye, Haotian Wang, Yu Pi, Shuai Lian, Dandan Han, Junjun Wang
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Katarina Tokarcikova, Klaudia Cobanova, Margareta Takacsova, Marcin Barszcz, Marcin Taciak, Anna Tusnio, L'ubomira Gresakova
Summary: The study examined how the intake of Zn and fibre sources affected the apparent digestibility and solubility of trace elements in the small intestines of 40-day-old piglets. Results showed that feed supplementation with potato fibre affected the digestibility and solubility of all trace elements, while intake of Zn glycinate decreased Zn absorption and affected the solubility of other trace elements. The combination of in vitro and in vivo methods can predict trace mineral absorption.
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Qianqian Zhang, Jian Li, Xin Yi, Zipeng Li, Shuang Liang, Zhengfeng Fang, Yan Lin, Shengyu Xu, Bin Feng, Yong Zhuo, De Wu, Lianqiang Che
Summary: The effects of Rhodotorula benthica culture (RBC) and antibiotics (AB) on the growth performance, nutrients digestibility, morphological indicators, and colonic microbiota of weaning piglets were explored. The results showed that dietary RBC improved the growth performance of weaned piglets, and 10 g/kg of RBC2 in the diet achieved better effects on higher average daily gain, ileal villi morphology, and stronger antioxidant capacity than dietary AB and RBC1 in weaning piglets.
FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Haizhu Zhou, Yang Guo, Zhenhua Liu, Hongxin Wu, Jiangchao Zhao, Zihang Cao, Hexiang Zhang, Hongmei Shang
Summary: The effects of dietary supplementation of comfrey polysaccharides (CPs) on production performance, egg quality, and microbial composition of cecum in laying hens were evaluated. The results showed that CPs supplementation improved egg production rate, egg mass, feed conversion rate, and nutrient digestibility. CPs also had a positive impact on the microbial community in the cecum. Therefore, CPs have potential application value as prebiotics in laying hens.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
(2022)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Zihang Cao, Zhenhua Liu, Nanyi Zhang, Chenguang Bao, Xinyu Li, Mengxue Liu, Wei Yuan, Hongxin Wu, Hongmei Shang
Summary: The experiment assessed the effects of dietary dandelion polysaccharides (DP) on laying hen performance and cecum microbiota. Results showed that supplementing the diets with inulin or DP increased daily egg weight and reduced feed conversion rate. The 0.5% and 1.0% DP groups had a higher calcium metabolism rate compared to the control group. DP supplementation increased short-chain fatty acid concentration, decreased pH, and enhanced the abundance of Parabacteroides, Alloprevotella, and Romboutsia in the cecum.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
(2023)
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Roel M. Maas, Marc C. J. Verdegem, Sudip Debnath, Leon Marchal, Johan W. Schrama
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Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Qingqing Zhu, Yuxin Wang, Yanjie Liu, Bing Yu, Jun He, Ping Zheng, Xiangbing Mao, Zhiqing Huang, Junqiu Luo, Yuheng Luo, Hui Yan, Jie Yu
Summary: The results showed that adding a suitable amount of protease can promote nutrient absorption, improve small intestine morphology, and enhance digestive enzyme activity in weaned piglets. The optimal addition amount was 150-300 mg/kg in this study.
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Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Feng Zhang, Erhui Jin, Xiaodan Liu, Xu Ji, Hong Hu
Summary: Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has been considered as a potential alternative to antibiotics in pig production. Dietary supplementation of Fructus mume and Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi improved growth performance and increased the digestibility of ether extract (EE) in weaned piglets by modulating gut microbial composition and structure, favoring their health.
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Fangwei Liu, Suming Chen, Dejun Dong, Yanli Zhang, Shanshan Zhang, Yuhui Pan, Haihua Ji, Ziyi Zhang, Xinru Huang, Lin Zhang, Huan Liu, Jielun Hu
Summary: This study investigated the effects of three polysaccharides (xanthan gum, konjac glucomannan, and arabinogalactan) on the digestive and prebiotic characteristics of biscuits. The results showed that these polysaccharide-containing biscuits had a low glycemic index and could modulate the microbiota composition. Among them, arabinogalactan was found to be more beneficial for blood glucose control.
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Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Junquan Tian, Fan Yang, Xuetai Bao, Qian Jiang, Yuying Li, Kang Yao, Yulong Yin
Summary: Intensive farming in the pig industry has led to an increase in phosphorus pollution. Dietary strategies to improve bone growth, such as the supplementation of alpha-ketoglutarate, can optimize the utilization of dietary phosphorus and reduce its release into the environment. This study found that dietary alpha-ketoglutarate supplementation improves bone growth and enhances the digestibility of phosphorus and calcium in piglets' diets. These findings may offer a nutritional strategy for reducing phosphorus pollution from the pig industry.
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Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Tingting Xu, Xin Ma, Xinchen Zhou, Mengqi Qian, Zhiren Yang, Peiwen Cao, Xinyan Han
Summary: Coated tannin improves growth performance, digestibility, and intestinal function of weaned piglets, with the potential to replace ZnO. The results showed that 0.15% CT significantly increased average daily gain and average daily feed intake, while reducing diarrhea incidence. Digestibility and digestive enzyme activity were enhanced, and the structure of intestinal microbiota was altered. CT has potential as a green and safe additive in farming.
JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE
(2022)
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Microbiology
Hui Diao, Jiayou Yan, Shuwei Li, Shengyao Kuang, Xiaolan Wei, Mengjia Zhou, Jinxiu Zhang, Chongbo Huang, Peng He, Wenjie Tang
Summary: The study showed that dietary supplementation with 100mg/kg of zinc sulfate, glycine zinc, or zinc lactate could improve the growth performance and gut barrier function of weaned piglets. Organic zinc supplementation, particularly zinc lactate, had the best effect.
FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY
(2021)
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Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Longxian Li, Huakai Wang, Nan Zhang, Tuan Zhang, Yongxi Ma
Summary: The study investigated the effects of α-glycerol monolaurate (α-GML) supplementation on weaned piglets, showing that it reduced diarrhea rate, improved intestinal morphology, nutrient digestibility, antioxidant capacity, and immune status, and ameliorated gut microbiota. Alpha-GML supplementation at 1,000 mg/kg promoted beneficial bacteria colonization and inhibited harmful bacteria in the piglets' intestines, ultimately improving their overall health and digestion.
JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE
(2022)