Effect of Replacing Corn with Rice on Growth Performance, Meat Quality, Gut Microbiota and Metabolites in Growing-Finishing Pigs.

ABSTRACT: This study aimed to investigate the effects of partially replacing corn with rice in the diet and supplementing with cellulase on growth performance, pork quality, and gut microbiota of growing-finishing pigs. A total of 64 healthy pigs (68.03 ± 1.59 kg) were randomly assigned into four groups: CON (basal diet), ASE (basal diet + 20,000 IU/g cellulase), RICE (the basal diet replaced 50% of corn with rice), RASE (the basal diet replaced 50% of corn with rice + 20,000 IU/g cellulase). The results indicated that dietary rice and cellulase, either individually or in combination, had no significant effects (p > 0.05) on the FBW, ADG, ADFI, and F/G of pigs. However, the dietary rice markedly increased the intramuscular fat (IMF) content (p < 0.05). Furthermore, gut microbiota profi

SUBMITTER: Wu X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12784687 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature