The influence of diet composition and an anti-microbial growth promoter on the growth response of weaned piglets to spray dried animal plasma

Autor: A.J. van Dijk, A. C. Beynen, A. Dirkzwager, Paul Bikker, M. Ubbink-Blanksma, J. Fledderus
Rok vydání: 2004
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Zdroj: Livestock Production Science. 86:201-208
ISSN: 0301-6226
Popis: Two experiments were conducted with spray dried animal plasma (SDAP) in diets for piglets from 0 to 14 days post-weaning. Experiment 1 was conducted to determine a possible interaction between diet composition and SDAP in diets without anti-microbial growth promoter (AMGP). Experiment 2 was conducted to determine a possible interaction between SDAP and AMGP. Both experiments comprised four treatments in a 2×2 factorial arrangement. The respective factors were diet composition (simple vs. complex with more animal protein) and SDAP (0% vs. 4%) in experiment 1 and AMGP (0 vs. 40 ppm avilamycine) and SDAP (0% vs. 4%) in experiment 2. During the first week post-weaning SDAP improved feed intake by 14% in experiment 2 and average daily gain (ADG) and feed conversion ratio (FCR) by approximately 20% and 10%, respectively, in both experiments (P
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