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The effect of varying solubility and inclusion level of dietary non starch polysaccharides on the performance and risk of post weaning enteric disorders in newly weaned pigs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 November 2017

I J Wellock ,
J G M Houdijk  and
I Kyriazakis
I J Wellock*
Affiliation:
Scottish Agricultural College, Edinburgh, UK University of Thessaly, Karditsa, Greece
J G M Houdijk
Affiliation:
Scottish Agricultural College, Edinburgh, UK University of Thessaly, Karditsa, Greece
I Kyriazakis
Affiliation:
Scottish Agricultural College, Edinburgh, UK University of Thessaly, Karditsa, Greece
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The removal of in-feed antimicrobial growth promoters (AGPs) is expected to place pigs at greater risk of post weaning enteric disorders (PWED), and accentuate the need for alternative, non-pharmaceutical, strategies for disease prevention. Evidence in the literature suggest that appropriate non-starch polysaccharides (NSPs) may be added to weaner diets in order to improve gut health and reduce the incidence of PWED (Bolduan et al., 1988). NSP solubility may be an important factor in such potential health benefits with soluble NSPs that lead to high digesta viscosity actually increasing the occurrence and severity of PWED (Hopwood et al., 2004). The objective of this experiment was to investigate effects of NSP solubility and inclusion rate on gut health and development, growth performance and the risk of PWED in the absence of effects on digesta viscosity.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2006 , March 2006 , pp. 30
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Copyright © The American Society of International Law 2016

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