The effect of fermented apple pomace (FAP) on animal health, antioxidant activity (AA), hematic biometry (HBm) and the development of ruminal epithelium were investigated in a study with 24 finishing lambs (BW = 25.4 ± 3.3 Kg). Lambs were grouped by sex (12 male and 12 female) and fed (n = 6 per group of treatment) a basal fattening diet (Control diet, T1) or the basal diet supplemented to include 10.91% of fermented apple pomace (FAP diet, T2). The animals were kept 56 d in individual metabolic cages, with ad libitum access to water and feed. Two blood samples were collected from each animal on d 0, 28, and 56 to determine AA in plasma and hematic biometry (HBm). Four samples of ruminal tissue were taken postmortem to evaluate the development of ruminal epithelium based on the length (LP) and width (WP) of papillae. AA and HBm data were analyzed with a mixed model (fixed effects: diet, sampling, sex, and their interaction; using the experimental unit nested in the effect of the diet as the random effect). LP and WP were analyzed with a hierarchical model, as simple and nested effects in the sampling site, where the fixed effects were the diet and the sex of the animal and their interaction. There was an effect of diet on AA, which was higher (P < 0.06) in T2 vs. T1 at 56 d (24.34 vs. 21.79 mM Fe2). Leukocytes increased (P < 0.05) from 7.52*10(3) ± 1.29*10/(3)μL to 9.14*10(3) ± 1.24*10(3)/μL in all the animals in the experiment, with a marked increased (P < 0.05) at 28 d after beginning of the feeding period, with values within the normal range for this species and without effect of the diet (P > 0.05) for the other indicators of HBm. Males' LP was higher in T2 than in T1 (P < 0.05). It was concluded that the use of FAP in the diets of finishing sheep reaped benefits on animal health and the development of rumen epithelium by improving antioxidant activity in plasma and stimulating the growth of papillae.
Se evaluó un aditivo líquido de levadura (ALL) de manzana sobre el comportamiento productivo de cerdos en etapa de crecimientofinalización. Se probaron cuatro niveles de ALL kg−1 de alimento de la dieta: 0 mL kg−1 (T1: control), 50 mL kg−1 (T2), 100 mL kg−1 (T3) y 150 mL kg−1 (T4). Se utilizaron 24 cerdos con una edad promedio de 30 días y un peso inicial promedio de 28.170 ± 3.6 kg. Las variables evaluadas fueron: peso vivo (PV), consumo diario de alimento (CDA), ganancia diaria de peso (GDP) y conversión alimenticia (CA). Se realizó un análisis univariado para detectar diferencias estadísticas entre tratamientos utilizando un nivel de confianza de un α = 0.05. El T3 fue mejor (P < 0.05) para PV, GDP, CDA y CA. Se concluye que la adición de 100 mL de ALL por kg de alimento en la dieta de crecimiento-finalización de cerdos mejora su respuesta productiva.
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