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Effects of xylanase and antibiotic addition on ileal and faecal apparent digestibilities of dietary nutrients and evaluating HCl-insoluble ash as a dietary marker in growing pigs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 August 2016

Y.-L. Yin ,
J.D. McEvoy ,
H. Schulze  and
K.J. McCracken
Y.-L. Yin
Affiliation:
Changsha Institute of Agricultural Modernisation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hunan, Changsha 410 125, Peoples Republic of China
J.D. McEvoy
Affiliation:
Veterinary Science Division, Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland, Stony Road, Belfast BT4 3SD, UK
H. Schulze
Affiliation:
Finnfeeds International Ltd, Marlborough SN8 1AA, UK
K.J. McCracken
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural and Environmental Science, The Queen’s University of Belfast, Newforge Lane, Belfast BT9 5PX, UK Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland, Newforge Lane, Belfast BT9 5PX, UK
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Abstract

The effects of xylanase and antibiotic addition to the diet, and the use of HCl-insoluble ash as a marker, on ileal and faecal apparent digestibilities of nutrients were studied with 12 growing pigs fitted with post-valvular T-caecum cannulae (PVTC). The results showed that the apparent ileal digestibility of non-starch polysaccharide (NSP) was high, (over 0·30). Xylanase, or antibiotics (Avoparcin) or xylanase plus antibiotics supplementation of the wheat middling-based diets did not significantly (P > 0·05) increase the ileal and faecal apparent digestibilities of NSP, neutral-detergent fibre (NDF), dry matter, crude protein, energy or amino acids. There were no significant (P > 0·05) differences between the HCl-insoluble ash and Cr2O3 recoveries at the ileal or at the faecal levels: proportionately, 0·864 and 0·911 for the ileal and faecal recoveries of HCl-insoluble ash, and 0·857 and 0. 915 for the ileal and faecal recoveries of Cr2O3, respectively.

Keywords

antibioticsdigestibilityenzymesmarkerspigs
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Non-ruminant nutrition, behaviour and production
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Animal Science , Volume 72 , Issue 1 , February 2001 , pp. 95 - 103
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Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 2001

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