SWINE PLASMA AND WHOLE EGG IN FEED FOR PIGLETS ON THE PERFORMANCE IN INITIAL PHASE AND ON DIARRHEA INCIDENCE

Authors

  • Maria Cristina Thomaz Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Jaboticabal, São Paulo, Brasil
  • Melissa Izabel Hannas Alltech do Brasil
  • Fernanda Marcussi Tucci MAPA
  • Antônio João Scandolera Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR), Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil
  • Maria Marta Loddi Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa (UEPG), Ponta Grossa, Paraná, Brazil
  • Fábio Enrique Lemos Budiño Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Jaboticabal, São Paulo, Brasil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/cab.v12i4.4588

Keywords:

Swine production

Abstract

Sixty-four piglets were used to evaluate the use of skim milk (SM) feed, three increasing levels of swine plasma (SP) feed, three increasing levels of whole egg (WE) feed and a high inclusion of soybean meal (SB) trial feed. Swine plasma and WE replaced, respectively, 25%, 50% and 75% and 15%, 30% and 45% of crude protein from skim milk in SM feed. During the experimental period, piglet´s performance and diarrhea incidence were evaluated from 21 to 34 days of age. The use of WE replacing 45% of crude protein of SM, for piglets, presented similar performance results to SM, showing that WE is a potential protein feed for piglets. The use of high level of soybean meal feed caused the worst performance results of piglets in the first post-weaning week, from 21 to 34 days of age, confirming the need of limiting the inclusion of soybean meal to post-weaning feed.  The use of different levels of SP and WE and high level of SB in trial feed did not affect diarrhea incidence in piglets.

KEYWORDS: piglets; protein sources; skim milk; soybean meal; weight gain.

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Published

2011-12-20

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 4 (2011)

Section

Animal Production

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How to Cite

THOMAZ, M. C. et al. SWINE PLASMA AND WHOLE EGG IN FEED FOR PIGLETS ON THE PERFORMANCE IN INITIAL PHASE AND ON DIARRHEA INCIDENCE. Brazilian Animal Science/ Ciência Animal Brasileira, v. 12, n. 4, p. 576–583, 20 Dec.2011.