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ARCHIVES OF ANIMAL NUTRITION
卷 63, 期 4, 页码 267-280出版社
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/17450390903020414
关键词
pigs; benzoic acid; inulin; post-weaning interval; diarrhoea
资金
- Australian Research Council-Linkage
- Department of Agriculture and Food of Western Australia
- Wandalup Farms Ltd
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of feeding pigs with inulin and/or benzoic acid on post-weaning diarrhoea (PWD), indices of fermentation in the gastrointestinal tract, and production in pigs experimentally infected with an enterotoxigenic strain of Escherichia coli (ETEC). Forty-eight entire male pigs (Large WhitexLandrace) aged 21 +/- 3 days of age and weighing 4.97 +/- 0.08kg (mean +/- SE) were used in a 2x2 factorial experiment, with the respective factors being inulin (0 versus 8%) and benzoic acid (0 vs. 0.5%). Feeding inulin-supplemented diets improved (p=0.022) the faecal consistency (FC) and reduced (p=0.001) the incidence of PWD; however, the use of benzoic acid had no effects on PWD or faecal ETEC shedding. Wet faeces (a higher FC score) were associated with increased faecal ETEC shedding (R2=0.394, p=0.001). Inulin reduced the total concentrations of short chain fatty acids (p=0.029) in the proximal colon. The total concentration of lactic acid was increased by inulin in the caecum (p=0.007) and proximal colon (p=0.002). Feeding inulin or benzoic acid had no effects on production after weaning.
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