Suplementação de acidificantes em rações de leitões desmamados: desempenho e digestibilidade / Supplementation of acidifiers in diets of weaned pigs: performance and digestibility

AUTOR(ES)

Willian Corrêa Miguel

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2008

RESUMO

Two experimental assays were conducted in order to evaluate the effect of supplementation of acidifiers in the diets both on performance traits and incidence of diarrhea (assay 1) and on nutrient digestibility (assay 2). In assay 1, which lasted for 42 d, it was used 120 21-days old weaned piglets, distributed in 8 blocks of 3 pigs per pen. There were five evaluated treatments, which consisted of: ration without acidifier, with 1,0% of K-diformate, 1,0% of fumaric acid, 1,0% of citric acid or 1,0% of benzoic acid. In assay 2, 10 pigs with an average weight of 16,4 kg were allocated in two treatments (ration without acidifier or supplemented with 1,0% of fumaric acid) with five replicates each; experimental design was ramdomized complete blocks. In comparison with the control treatment, the addition of fumaric acid in the ration led to an increase in the following parameters: daily feed intake from day 0 to 15 (P<0,05); daily feed intake and body weight gain from day 0 to 32 (P<0,05) and from day 0 to 42 d (P<0,05). There was not treatment effect (P>0,05) upon feed conversion over the experimental period, and it was not observed the occurrence of diarrhea over the first 14 days after weaning. In assay 2, the addition of 1,0% of fumaric acid in the ration did not modify (P>0,05) the coefficients of apparent fecal digestibility of dry matter, crude protein and crude fiber, the values of digestible and metabolizable energy of the rations and the rates of nitrogen absorption and retention. The absence of differences in the coefficients of the dietary nutrient s apparent digestibilidade with the inclusion of the acidifier, probably, was due to the short evaluation period. The inclusion of fumaric acid in the rations of weaned pigs improved performance of piglets; however, it did not modify the coefficients of apparent fecal digestibility of the nutrients.

ASSUNTO(S)

feed:gain ratio conversão alimentar weight gain desmamados ganho de peso organic acids Ácidos orgânicos weaned

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