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Tipo: Artigo
Título: Yeast extract with blood plasma in diets for piglets from 21 to 35 days of age
Autor(es): Pereira, Cinthia Maria Carlos
Donzele, Juarez Lopes
Silva, Francisco Carlos de Oliveira
Oliveira, Rita Flávia Miranda de
Kiefer, Charles
Ferreira, Aloízio Soares
Hannas, Melissa Izabel
Brustolini, Paulo César
Abstract: The objective of this study was to evaluate the inclusion of yeast extract as a partial replacemer of blood plasma in piglet diets and its effect on the performance and intestinal morphometry of pigs weaned at 21 days of age. One hundred and twenty animals were randomized into blocks, with five diets (4.0% blood plasma; 2.0% blood plasma with 0.0; 1.0; 2.0 or 3.0% yeast extract), six replicates and four pigs per experimental unit. At 35 days of age, one pig per experimental unit was slaughtered in order to evaluate duodenal and jejunal morphometry. The levels of yeast extract had a quadratic impact on daily feed intake and final weight, which increased up to the estimated level of 1.91%. Daily weight gain and feed conversion rate were not affected. A comparison between diets containing different levels of yeast extract and the basal diet showed that the diets containing 2.0% and 1.0% yeast extract provided the highest final weight and the worst feed conversion rate, respectively. Duodenal villus height and crypt depth were quadratically affected by yeast extract levels and the best results were achieved with the estimated levels of 1.64 and 1.16%, respectively. The levels of yeast extract provided a linear increase in the duodenal villus:crypt ratio, but did not change the morphometric variables of the jejunum. No difference was found in the morphometric variables of the duodenum and jejunum when diets containing different levels of yeast extract were compared with the basal diet. The results suggest that the inclusion of 1.91% yeast extract allows for a partial replacement for plasma in the diet, decreasing plasma inclusion from 4.0 to 2.0%.
Palavras-chave: Intestinal mucosa
Nucleotides
Performance
Swine
Editor: Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia
Tipo de Acesso: Open Access
URI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1516-35982012000700017
http://www.locus.ufv.br/handle/123456789/14460
Data do documento: 15-Fev-2012
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