Dietary supplementation with hydrolyzed yeast and its effect on the performance, intestinal microbiota, and immune response of weaned piglets
Document title: Dietary supplementation with hydrolyzed yeast and its effect on the performance, intestinal microbiota, and immune response of weaned piglets
Journal: Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000436138
ISSN: 0001-3765
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Institutions: 1Universidade de Sao Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinaria e Zootecnia, Pirassununga, Sao Paulo. Brasil
2Universidade Estadual Paulista "Julio de Mesquita Filho", Faculdade de Medicina Veterinaria e Zootecnia, Botucatu, Sao Paulo. Brasil
3Universidade Catolica Portuguesa, Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina, Porto. Portugal
4Universidade Federal de Vicosa, Departamento de Medicina Veterinaria, Vicosa, Minas Gerais. Brasil
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Volumen: 92
Country: Brasil
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Aplicado, descriptivo
English abstract The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of autolyzed yeast on performance, cecal microbiota, and leukogram of weaned piglets. A total of 96 piglets of commercial line weaned at 21-day-old were used. The experimental design was a randomized block design with four treatments (diets containing 0.0%, 0.3%, 0.6%, and 0.9% autolyzed yeast), eight replicates, and three animals per pen in order to evaluate daily weight gain, daily feed intake, and feed conversion in periods of 0 to 15, 0 to 26, and 0 to 36 days. Quadratic effects of autolyzed yeast inclusion were observed on the feed conversion from 0 to 15 days, on daily weight gain from 0 to 15 days, 0 to 26 days and, 0 to 36 days, indicating an autolyzed yeast optimal inclusion level between 0.4% and 0.5%. No effect from autolyzed yeast addition was observed on piglet daily feed intake, cecal microbiota, and leukogram; however, i.m. application of E. coli lipopolysaccharide reduced the values of total leukocytes and their fractions (neutrophils, eosinophils, lymphocytes, monocytes, and rods). Therefore, autolyzed yeast when provided at levels between 0.4% and 0.5% improved weaned piglets’ performance
Disciplines: Medicina veterinaria y zootecnia
Keyword: Porcinos,
Nutrición animal,
Lechones,
Suplementación alimenticia,
Levaduras,
Leucograma,
Respuesta inmune,
Microbiota intestinal
Keyword: Swine,
Animal nutrition,
Piglets,
Feeding supplementation,
Yeasts,
Leukogram,
Immune response,
Intestinal microbiota
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