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Using enzymes and inoculants to manipulate the feeding value of DDGS for young pigs
Posted in: Nutrition, Pork Insight Articles by admin on June 5, 2017
Controlled fermentation of co-products can improve energy availability and gut function through synergistic soluble fiber hydrolysis. This study assessed effects of extended DDGS fermentation on performance and digestive function of newly weaned piglets with light or heavy body weight at weaning fed corn and soybean meal based liquid diets. Liquid diets which contained either DDGS fermented with enzymes and silage innoculants or DDGS added to water immediately prior to liquid feeding were fed to newly weaned piglets for the entire nursery period. Growth parameters were assessed as well as digesta PH and organic acid profiles and the microbiome of the ileal digesta, ileal mucosa and feces. Feeding of fermented DDGS resulted in improved growth performance late in the nursery period in pigs with light body weight at weaning and altered organic acid profiles in the digesta. The microbiome of all sampling sites was increased by diet with decreases in alpha-diversity in the ileal mucosa and feces of pigs fed fermented DDGS.