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Spray Dried Bovine Plasma for DON Contaminated Nursery Diets
Posted in: Pork Insight Articles, Prairie Swine Centre, Production by student on June 11, 2018
Spray Dried Porcine Plasma has been effectively shown to mitigate the effects of the mycotoxin DON, however due to its association with porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PED) producers have discontinued its use. This study evaluated the effect of Spray Dried Bovine Plasma (SDBP) and DON when included in the diet on feed intake, growth performance and gut health within newly weaned pigs. This experiment resulted in contradictory findings to that of previous studies indicating that further research is required. However, this study did display that DON is responsible for detrimental effects on ADFI and to a lesser extent on ADG. When combined with DON, SDBP was determined to have a beneficial effect on ADFI but did not affect ADG.
Spray Dried Bovine Plasma for DON Contaminated Nursery Diets – 2017