The impact of reducing dietary crude protein and increasing total dietary fiber on hindgut fermentation, the methanogen community and gas emission in growing pigs

dc.contributor.authorSeradj, Ahmad Reza
dc.contributor.authorBalcells Terés, Joaquim
dc.contributor.authorMorazán Nuñez, Henris Jobany
dc.contributor.authorÁlvarez Rodríguez, Javier
dc.contributor.authorBabot Gaspa, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorde la Fuente Oliver, Gabriel
dc.date.accessioned2019-11-26T07:48:39Z
dc.date.available2019-11-26T07:48:39Z
dc.date.issued2018-09-17
dc.date.updated2019-11-26T07:48:39Z
dc.description.abstractSixty-four cross bred 6 week-old intact male pigs (initial BW=13.8 ± 2.3 kg) were randomly distributed to 4 separated modules using a three-phase feeding program in which two dietary crude protein (CP) and total dietary fiber (TDF) levels were tested in a 2×2 factorial arrangement under a commercial-like production system. The room air was sampled and analyzed for NH3 and CH4 while the slurry pit air was sampled and analyzed for CH4 content during the early growing (phase I, 13.8-38.6 kg of body-weight), growing (phase II, 38.6-72.8 kg of body-weight) and finishing periods (phase III, 72.8-108.7 kg of body-weight); at the end of the finishing phase, 16 random pigs were sacrificed and cecum and colon contents were sampled to determine fermentation and microbial parameters. The pH and ammonium content increased with digesta transit being lower in cecum (6.0 and 69.7 mg/L) than in colon (6.3 and 156.3 mg/L) whereas the opposite trend was seen for total VFA and acetate (175.2mM and 62.6 mol/100 mol vs. 141.1mM and 57.2 mol/100 mol, respectively; P < 0.05). Low protein (LP) and high fiber (HF) diets showed a higher NH3 concentration in the colon but not in cecum samples. Dietary fiber also altered intestinal VFA concentration where animals fed Low fiber (LF) diet showed high VFA's concentrations and such effect was more pronounced in colon samples. Total NH3 (1.8, 4.8 and 8.5 g/day) and methane (2.5, 3.5 and 7.5 g/day for Phase I, II and III, respectively) emissions increased consistently with age (P < 0.05), dietary CP level increased NH3 volatilization (6.3 vs. 3.8 g/d for high protein (HP) and LP diets respectively; P < 0.01) and fiber tended to increase methane emission (5.0 vs. 4.0 for HF and LF diets, respectively P < 0.1). The methane production measured at slurry pit contributed significantly to total CH4 emission (3.26, 9.02 and 16.91% in the phases I, II and III respectively). Dietary CP increased total bacteria (TB; 9.7 vs. 9.5; P < 0.03) and total methanogenic archaea (TMA; 7.2 vs. 6.4; P < 0.01) abundances in the intestinal as well as the slurry (6.8 vs. 6.3 Log n° copy/ g fresh matter (FM); P < 0.01) samples
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work is part of the Feed-a-Gene project and was supported by the European Union's H2020 program under National Institutesof Health [grant number 633531, 2016]. Authors would like to thank Dr. David Parker who generously gave his assistance andconstructive comments to the manuscript, his effort is sincerely appreciated.
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dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2018.09.005
dc.identifier.idgrec027767
dc.identifier.issn0377-8401
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/67606
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.relation.isformatofVersió postprint del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2018.09.005
dc.relation.ispartofAnimal Feed Science and Technology, 2018, vol. 245, p. 54-66
dc.relation.projectIDinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/633531/EU/Feed-a-Gene
dc.rightscc-by-nc-nd, (c) Elsevier, 2018
dc.rights.accessRightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es
dc.subjectcolonic fermentation
dc.subjectGreenhouse gas emission
dc.subjectpig production
dc.titleThe impact of reducing dietary crude protein and increasing total dietary fiber on hindgut fermentation, the methanogen community and gas emission in growing pigs
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
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