ArticleAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2021
A Moderate Reduction of Dietary Crude Protein Provide Comparable Growth Performance and Improve Metabolism via Changing Intestinal Microbiota in Sushan Nursery Pigs.
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- Functional Requirements of Niacinamide for Intestinal Health and Growth Performance of Nursery Pigs.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- The composition of branched-chain amino acids modulates response to nucleotide supplementation of low-protein diets in nursery pigs.Journal of animal science · 2025Article
- Productive, Physiological, and Environmental Implications of Reducing Crude Protein Content in Swine Diets: A Review.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Review
- Effects of dietary protein level on intestinal function and inflammation in nursery pigs.Journal of animal science · 2024Article
- Multispecies probiotic supplementation in diet with reduced crude protein levels altered the composition and function of gut microbiome and restored microbiome-derived metabolites in growing pigs.Frontiers in microbiology · 2023Article
- Evaluation of brown rice to replace corn in weanling pig diet.Journal of animal science and technology · 2021Article
- Impact of Dietary Crude Protein Level on Hepatic Lipid Metabolism in Weaned Female Piglets.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2021Article
- Low Crude Protein Diet Affects the Intestinal Microbiome and Metabolome Differently in Barrows and Gilts.Frontiers in microbiology · 2021Article
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Abstract
In this paper, we investigated the effects of a diet with a moderate reduction of dietary crude protein (CP) level, supplemented with five crystalline amino acids (Lys, Met, Thr, Try, and Val), on the growth, metabolism, and fecal microbiota of Sushan nursery pigs. Seventy Sushan nursery pigs with an average body weight of 19.56 ± 0.24 kg were randomly allocated to two experimental dietary treatments: 18% CP (high protein; group HP), and 15% CP (low protein; group LP). We found that the differences in the two diets had no significant effect on the growth performance of Sushan nursery pigs. Nursery pigs on the 15% CP diet showed significantly improved protein, amino acid, and energy utilization. Furthermore, the LP diet cloud optimized the gut microflora composition to some extent. The functional structure of bacterial communities implied improved metabolic capabilities in group LP. Additionally, correlation analysis between fecal microbiota and metabolic profiles confirmed that the increase of beneficial bacterial in the feces was beneficial to the health and metabolism of the nursery pigs. In conclusion, a moderate reduction in the dietary protein level can improve growth and metabolism due to the improvement of intestinal microbiota in Sushan nursery pigs. This finding could provide useful reference data for the application of a different nutrition strategy in indigenous pig production.
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