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Tannic acid extracted from gallnut prevents post-weaning diarrhea and improves intestinal health of weaned piglets
- Source :
- Animal Nutrition, Vol 7, Iss 4, Pp 1078-1086 (2021)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- KeAi Communications Co., Ltd., 2021.
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Abstract
- This experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of different levels of tannic acid (TA) on growth performance, diarrhea rate, nutrient digestibility and intestinal health in weaned piglets. A total of 180 weaned piglets (Duroc × Landrace × Yorkshire, 24 d of age, initial average BW = 7.77 ± 0.17 kg) were allotted to 5 groups (6 pigs/pen and 6 replicates/group) in a randomized complete block design according to their gender and body weight. Piglets were fed a basal diet, or the basal diet supplemented with 0.05%, 0.1%, 0.2% or 0.4% TA for 28 d. The supplementary levels of TA in the diets were obtained by adding tannalbin containing 51% TA and 40.17% protein. The results showed that, compared with the CON group, dietary TA did not affect ADFI, ADG or F:G, and linearly reduced (P
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 24056545
- Volume :
- 7
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Animal Nutrition
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.f75f9a374bc745d884a9a5e2be2ceb33
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aninu.2021.04.005