Dietary inclusion of fibrous corn silages reduces gastric mucosa damage in fattening heavy pigs.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Several surveys conducted at slaughter sites have highlighted that gastric lesions are a widespread issue in fattening pigs, mainly due to feeding regimes. Diets with small particle sizes and low fibre contents guarantee high digestibility and performance but generate more rapid stomach emptying with a negative effect on gastric mucosa integrity. Providing fattening pigs with fibrous materials (e.g., straw provided in racks) or coarse fibrous ingredients (e.g., coarse silages) reduced the presence of gastric ulcers. The present research compares a traditional corn-soy-based diet with an experimental diet where bran and a portion of corn meal was substituted with whole ear and whole plant corn silages at the maximum dosages permitted by new Protected Designation of Origin

SUBMITTER: Spanghero M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11583438 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature