Effects of dietary fresh fermented soybean meal on growth performance, ammonia and particulate matter emissions, and nitrogen excretion in nursery piglets

This study was conducted to investigate the effects of fresh fermented soybean meal（FSM） on the growth performance of nursery piglets, nitrogen excretion in feces, and the concentrations of ammonia（NH3） and particulate matter（PM） in the piggery. A total of 472 nursery piglets（Landrace×Yorkshire,（16.3±0.36） kg body weight） were randomly allocated into two treatments with 236 pigs in each treatment. The pigs were fed the basal diet without fresh FSM（control） or diet containing 10%（100 g/kg） fresh FSM（FSM group）, and the crude protein content of the two groups was consistent. The feeding trial lasted for 28 d. The results showed that the pigs fed fresh FSM had increased（P〈0.05） average daily gain（ADG） compared with the control. There was no significant difference（P〈0.05） in feed to gain ratio（F：G） between the two groups. During the whole experiment, the concentration of NH3 in the piggery decreased（P〈0.05） by 19.0%, and the concentrations of PM（PM（10） and PM（2.5）） in the piggery decreased（P〈0.05） by 19.9% and 11.6%, respectively, in the FSM group, compared with the control. The ammonia nitrogen and nitrite content in feces increased（P〈0.05） by 32.9% and 28.4%, respectively, in the FSM group. The fecal p H declined（P〈0.05） significantly in the FSM group compared with the control. At the end of experiment, total protein（TP） concentration was increased（P〈0.05） significantly and blood urea nitrogen（BUN） concentration was decreased（P〈0.05） for pigs fed the diet with fresh FSM. The results indicated that dietary fresh FSM not only improved the growth performance of nursery piglets, but also reduced the NH3 concentration in the piggery due to nitrogen conversion, and decreased the concentrations of PM（10） and PM（2.5） in the piggery.

Dietary xylanase and live yeast supplementation influence intestinal bacterial populations and growth performance of piglets fed a sorghum-based diet

This study was to evaluate the effect of xylanase supplementation and the addition of live yeast,Saccharomyces cerevisiae,on growth performance and intestinal microbiota in piglets.One hundred and eighty commercial crossbred 23-d-old piglets(PIC 417)were sorted by initial BW and allocated to 3 treatments:control(CTR)diet,CTR diet supplemented with xylanase at 16,000 birch xylan units/kg(XYL)and XYL diet supplemented with live yeast(2 x 1010 CFU/g)at 1 kg/t(XYL+LY).Each treatment had 10 replicates,with 6 animals each.A sorghum-based diet and water were available ad libitum for 42 d of the study.Average daily gain(ADG)and average daily feed intake(ADFI)were measured from 0 to 42 d(23-to 65-d-old)and feed conversion ratio(FCR)calculated.At the end of the study,bacterial identification through 16 S rRNA(V3 to V4)sequencing of the ileal and caecal digesta from one piglet per replicate was performed.No treatment effects were observed on ADFI.Pigs offered the live yeast in addition to the xylanase had increased ADG compared with those supplemented with xylanase alone(XYL+LY vs.XYL;P=0.655).FCR was improved with XYL and XYL+LY compared with CTR(P=0.018).Clostridiaceae counts in the ileum tended to reduce by 10%with XYL and 14%with XYL+LY compared to CTR(P=0.07).XYL and XYL+LY increased the counts of Lactobacillaceae in the caecum compared with CTR(P<0.0001).Dietary supplementation of live yeast combined with xylanase improved growth performance and microbial balance of piglets during the nursery phase.