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Effect of various levels of milk by-products on growth performance, blood profiles, and intestinal morphology of weaned pigs.

Journal of animal science and technology
March 1, 2025
Byeong-Ock Kim et al. (5 authors)
Journal ArticleAnimal Study
Study Details

Study Goal

The researchers aimed to evaluate the effects of varying levels of milk by-products in weaned pigs' diets on growth performance, blood profiles, diarrhea incidence, and intestinal morphology.

Results Summary

Increasing milk by-product content in the diet improved growth performance (body weight, daily gain, feed intake, and feed efficiency) linearly, but no differences were observed in blood profiles, diarrhea incidence, or gut health across treatment levels.

Population

Weaned pigs (Yorkshire × Landrace × Duroc) with an average initial body weight of 5.97 ± 1.53 kg.

Effective Dosage

Phase 1: 5%, 10%, 20%, or 30%; Phase 2: 0%, 5%, 10%, or 15% of milk by-products in the diet.

Duration

5 weeks.

Interactions

None mentioned.

Extracted Claims (13)
InterventionDirectionEndpointPopulationDosageImpactClaim #
various levels of milk by-products in weaned pig's diet
increase
BW
weaned pigs
-
Linear increase
#1
various levels of milk by-products in weaned pig's diet
increase
average daily gain
weaned pigs
-
Linear increase
#2
various levels of milk by-products in weaned pig's diet
increase
average daily feed intake
weaned pigs
-
Linear increase
#3
various levels of milk by-products in weaned pig's diet
increase
gain to feed ratio
weaned pigs
-
Linear increase
#4
various levels of milk by-products in weaned pig's diet
no change
blood urea nitrogen
weaned pigs
-
no differences
#5
various levels of milk by-products in weaned pig's diet
no change
insulin like growth factor 1
weaned pigs
-
no differences
#6
various levels of milk by-products in weaned pig's diet
no change
immunoglobulin A and G
weaned pigs
-
no differences
#7
various levels of milk by-products in weaned pig's diet
no change
diarrhea incidence
weaned pigs
-
no differences
#8
various levels of milk by-products in weaned pig's diet
no change
intestinal morphology
weaned pigs
-
no differences
#9
Increasing milk by-product content in the diets of weaned pigs
increase
growth performance
weaned pigs
-
improved
#10
high or low level of milk by-product content
no change
blood profiles
nursery pigs
-
did not negatively affect
#11
high or low level of milk by-product content
no change
diarrhea incidence
nursery pigs
-
did not negatively affect
#12
high or low level of milk by-product content
no change
gut health
nursery pigs
-
did not negatively affect
#13
Abstract

This experiment was conducted to evaluate various levels of milk by-products in weaned pig's diet on growth performance, blood profiles, diarrhea incidence, and intestinal morphology of weaned pigs. A total of 160 weaned pigs ([Yorkshire × Landrace] × Duroc), average 5.97 ± 1.53 kg body weight (BW), were allotted to 1 of 4 treatments in 5 replications with 8 pigs per pen by BW. Pigs were fed each treatment diet with various levels of milk by-products (phase 1: 5%, 10%, 20% or 30%; phase 2: 0%, 5%, 10% or 15%) for 5 weeks. Linear increase of BW, average daily gain, average daily feed intake, and gain to feed ratio with increasing milk by-products was observed in whole experimental period (linear response, p < 0.05). In blood profiles, however, there were no differences in blood urea nitrogen, insulin like growth factor 1, and immunoglobulin A and G among the treatments. In addition, no differences were found in diarrhea incidence and intestinal morphology. In conclusion Increasing milk by-product content in the diets of weaned pigs improved growth performance but high or low level of milk by-product content did not negatively affect blood profiles, diarrhea incidence, and gut health of nursery pigs.

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Quality Scores
Safety85
Efficacy75/10
Quality80/10
Research Impact Scores
APT Score0.05
Weight Score1.95
Normalized Score0.80
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