ArticleAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2022
Effects of Replacing Fishmeal and Soybean Protein Concentrate with Degossypolized Cottonseed Protein in Diets on Growth Performance, Nutrient Digestibility, Intestinal Morphology, Cecum Microbiome and Fermentation of Weaned Piglets.
Article in Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.
- Development of an indigestible dietary protein index to investigate the effects of dietary protein content in postweaned pigs.Journal of animal science · 2025Pooled it
- Energy Values and Standardized Ileal Digestibility of Amino Acid in Fermented Cottonseed Meal Fed to Growing Pigs.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Article
- Dose-Dependent Effects of Replacing Soybean Meal with Cottonseed Protein: Key to Optimizing Gut Health in Weaned Piglets.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Article
- Liquid-fermentation-derivedFrontiers in veterinary science · 2026Article
- Cottonseed protein concentrate as fish meal substitution in fish diet: a review.Fish physiology and biochemistry · 2025Review
- Dephenolization Methods, Quality Characteristics, Applications, and Advancements of Dephenolized Cottonseed Protein: Review.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Effect of indigestible dietary protein on growth performance and health status of weaned pigs.Journal of animal science · 2025Article
- Research progress on cottonseed meal as a protein source in pig nutrition: An updated review.Animal nutrition (Zhongguo xu mu shou yi xue hui) · 2024Review
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
Abstract
The inclusion of high-quality proteins is commonly used in swine production, especially in weaned pigs. Our research investigated the effects of replacing fishmeal (FM) and soybean protein concentrate (SPC) with degossypolized cottonseed protein (DCP) on the growth performance, nutrient digestibility, intestinal morphology, cecum microbiota and fermentation in weaned pigs. A total of 90 pigs were used in a 4-week trial. Pigs were randomly assigned to three dietary treatments (initial BW 8.06 ± 0.26 kg; six pigs per pen; five pens per treatment), including a basal diet group (CON) with a 6% SPC and 6% FM; two experimental diets group (SPCr and FMr) were formulated by replacing SPC or FM with 6% DCP, respectively. There were no differences in growth performance and diarrhea rate among three treatments except for the ADFI during day 14 to day 28. Using the DCP to replace FM would weaken the jejunum morphology and decrease the nutrient digestibility of pigs during day 0 to day 14. However, replacing FM with DCP can improve the community structure of cecum microbiota, and may relieve these negative effects. In conclusion, DCP can be used as a cost-effective alternative protein supplement.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.