The Effect of Pellet Diameter on the Growth Performance, Nutrient Digestibility, and Intestinal Health of Piglets During the Creep Feeding Stage.

Lingao Kong, Fangxing Ou, Shuang Dong, Nan Zhang, Yongxi Ma

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Lingao KongState Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Department of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China.ORCID 0009-0000-8873-1585

Fangxing OuState Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Department of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China.

Shuang DongState Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Department of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China.

Nan ZhangState Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Department of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China.

Yongxi MaState Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Department of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China.ORCID 0000-0001-7892-5618

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National Key Research and Development Program of China 2021YFD1300304

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Abstract

This experiment evaluated the effects of pellet diameter on growth performance and intestinal health of piglets during the creep feeding stage. A total of 144 7-day-old suckling piglets (body weight of 2.2 ± 0.3 kg) were randomly assigned to four groups and fed the same formula as meal feed and pellets of 2 mm, 4 mm, and 8 mm in diameter, respectively. Each treatment consisted of six replicates of six piglets. The trial was divided into two phases by weaning time: 7-21 days (breast milk + creep feed) and 21-35 days (creep feed only). After the feeding trial, piglets from the meal feed group and the 8 mm pellet group were selected for slaughter and sampling. The results showed that before weaning, average daily feed intake (ADFI) increased significantly with increasing pellet diameter (

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creep feedgrowth performanceintestinal microbiotaintestinal morphologypellets

Identifiers

PMID42072026

DOI10.3390/ani16081260

PMCPMC13113964

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