Responses in weanling pigs fed low protein diets supplemented with dietary nucleotides.

ABSTRACT: Evidence suggests that nucleotide supplementation in diets improves intestinal development, immune function, and cell growth. Stressful events such as weaning in pigs may increase nucleotide demand, making exogenous supplementation potentially beneficial. This study evaluated the effects of low-protein (LP) diets supplemented with dietary nucleotides on growth performance, postweaning diarrhea (PWD), nutrient digestibility, and blood metabolites. A total of 210 piglets were weaned at 21 d of age, allowing a 3-d adaptation to a common nursery diet. At 24 d, pigs were reweighed (6.02 ± 0.05 kg) and allocated to 5 dietary treatments in a randomized complete block design to give 7 replicates per treatment (n = 6 piglets per replicate). The 5 dietary treatments included (i)

SUBMITTER: Lawal AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11497618 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature