Post-weaning diarrhoea and performance of pigs fed a low protein diet without essential amino acid supplementation

Authors

J C. Kim, Department of Agriculture and Food, WAFollow
J M. Heo, University of Manitoba
B P. Mullan, Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Western AustraliaFollow
J R. Pluske, Murdoch UniversityFollow

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

2011

Conference Title

Thirteenth Biennial Conference of the Australasian Pig Science Association

Place of Publication

Adelaide

ISBN

978-0-9806880-1-6

ISSN

1324 9177

Keywords

pigs, swine

Disciplines

Animal Sciences | Meat Science

Abstract

Previous experiments have shown that feeding a low protein (LP) diet within the first two weeks post-weaning reduces protein fermentation in the gastrointestinal tract and the clinical expression of post-weaning diarrhoea (PWD: Heo et al., 2009). However, growth of young pigs receiving a LP diet without crystalline essential amino acid (CEAA) supplementation is depressed after weaning. The hypothesis tested in this experiment was that the short-term reduction in performance caused by feeding a LP diet for two weeks immediately after weaning would not affect the lifetime performance of pigs because of compensatory growth.

Recommended Citation

Kim, J C, Heo, J M, Mullan, B P, and Pluske, J R. (2011), Post-weaning diarrhoea and performance of pigs fed a low protein diet without essential amino acid supplementation, Thirteenth Biennial Conference of the Australasian Pig Science Association, Adelaide, pp.94-94.
https://library.dpird.wa.gov.au/conf_papers/128