Different fibre sources fed to weaner pigs influence production performance and acute phase protein levels
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
11-2013
Conference Title
Fourteenth Biennial Conference of the Australasian Pig Science Association
Place of Publication
Melbourne
ISBN
978-0-9806880-3-0
ISSN
1324 9177
Keywords
pigs, swine, fibre sources, dietary fibre, nutrition
Disciplines
Meat Science | Other Animal Sciences
Abstract
Dietary fibre is fermented by microbiota in the distal gastrointestinal tract (GIT) to short-chain fatty acids (SCFA). Previous studies (e.g., Pluske et al., 2002) have shown differential effects of SCFA on growth performance and the incidence of disease such as post-weaning diarrhoea (PWD), however more recently the SCFA have become recognised as potential mediators in inflammatory and immune functions in the GIT (Vinolo et al., 2011). This experiment examined the effects of infection with an enterotoxigenic strain of E. coli on pig performance, SCFA production, and biomarkers of inflammation after weaning.
Recommended Citation
Pluske, J R,
Hernandez, A,
Mansfield, J,
and
Kim, J C.
(2013), Different fibre sources fed to weaner pigs influence production performance and acute phase protein levels, Fourteenth Biennial Conference of the Australasian Pig Science Association, Melbourne, pp.115-115.
https://library.dpird.wa.gov.au/conf_papers/231
