Effect of deep litter housing and fermented feed on carcass characteristics and meat quality of crossbred Hampshire pigs

Rahman, Mohibur; Bora, J. R.; Sarma, Ananthakrishna; Roychoudhury, R.; Borgohain, Atul

doi:10.14202/vetworld.2015.881-887

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“…Supplementing with FF has been dramatically investigated to improve the feed digestibility, balance intestinal microbiota, stay gut health and modulate immunity, thereby benefiting swine health and performance (Canibe and Jensen, 2003; Missotten et al ., 2015; Rahman et al ., 2015). Lactation period of sows is an important stage of swine breeding (Tokach et al ., 2019).…”

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Bacillus subtilis and Enterococcus faecium co‐fermented feed regulates lactating sow's performance, immune status and gut microbiota

Wang

Wei

et al. 2020

Microbial Biotechnology

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Fermented feed (FF) is widely applied to improve swine performance. However, the understandings of the effects of FF on the immune status and gut microbiota of lactating sows and whether probiotics are the effective composition of FF are still limited. The present study aimed to investigate the performance, immune status and gut microbiota of lactating sows fed with a basal diet supplemented with Bacillus subtilis and Enterococcus faecium co-fermented feed (FF), with the probiotic combination (PRO) of B. subtilis and E. faecium and control diet (CON) as controls. Compared with the CON group, FF group remarkably improved the average daily feed intake of sows and the weight gain of piglets, while significantly decreased the backfat loss, constipation rate of sows and diarrhoea incidence of piglets. The yield and quality of milk of sows in FF group were improved. Besides, faecal acetate and butyrate were promoted in FF group. Additionally, FF increased the level of IgG, IgM and IL-10 and decreased the concentration of TNF-a in serum. Furthermore, FF reduced the abundance of Enterobacteriaceae and increased the level of Lactobacillus and Succiniclasticum, which were remarkably associated with growth performance and serum immune parameters. Accordingly, microbial metabolic functions including DNA repair and recombination proteins, glycolysis and gluconeogenesis, mismatch repair and D-alanine metabolism were significantly upregulated, while amino acid metabolism was downregulated in FF group. Overall, the beneficial effects of FF were superior to PRO treatment. Altogether, administration of FF during lactation improved the performance and immune status, and modulated gut microbiota of sows. Probiotics are not the only one effective compound of FF.

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Bacillus subtilis and Enterococcus faecium co‐fermented feed regulates lactating sow's performance, immune status and gut microbiota

Wang

Wei

et al. 2020

Microbial Biotechnology

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“…Microbial fermentation using bacteria or fungi is capable of degrading antinutritional compounds, undigested components, and some large-size nutrients in feed while providing probiotics and their metabolites (Urlings et al, 1993;Olstorpe et al, 2010;Kiarie et al, 2011). Feeding FF has been well established to increase the bioavailability of feed, improve swine microbial ecology balance, enhance gut health, and decrease diarrhea rate and thereby benefit growth performance and host health (Canibe and Jensen, 2003;Kiers et al, 2003;Rahman et al, 2015;Missotten et al, 2015).…”

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Effects of supplementing sow diets with fermented corn and soybean meal mixed feed during lactation on the performance of sows and progeny

Wang

Lin

et al. 2018

Journal of Animal Science

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In the present study, two experiments were performed to study the effects of feeding fermented corn and soybean meal mixed feed (FMF) with Bacillus subtilis and Enterococcus faecium to lactating sows on the performance of the sows and their progeny. In experiment 1, 60 sows were allocated to the following three dietary treatments: 1) sows fed a corn and soybean meal basal diet (control) from day 3 before parturition to weaning, 2) sows fed a diet with 7.5% FMF, and 3) sows fed a diet with 15% FMF. Results indicated that feeding 15% FMF significantly improved (P < 0.05) the sows' ADFI, the individual piglet weaning weights, and piglet weight gain and reduced (P < 0.05) the backfat loss of sows compared with the control group. However, the 7.5% FMF treatment did not alter the performance of the sows or their progeny. Therefore, we considered the level of 15% FMF to be more efficient than 7.5% FMF. To verify the results of experiment 1, we performed experiment 2, in which 60 sows at 111 d of gestation were allocated into the following two dietary treatments: 1) sows fed a basal lactation diet (control) from d 111 of gestation to weaning and 2) sows fed a basal diet with 15% FMF. Compared with the control group, 15% FMF inclusion significantly increased (P < 0.05) the sows' ADFI, litter weight gain, and individual piglet weight gain during lactation and markedly decreased the backfat loss of sows (P < 0.05) and piglet diarrhea incidence (P < 0.05). Additionally, the milk yield and IgA contents of the milk in sows fed 15% FMF were greater (P < 0.05) than those of the control group. Furthermore, the apparent total tract digestibility of GE, DM, and total P of sows was increased (P < 0.05) with 15% FMF supplementation. Therefore, the present study indicates that supplementing sow diets with 15% FMF from parturition to weaning has the potential to 1) increase sow ADFI, milk production, milk IgA content, and nutrient digestibility and promote sow reproductive performance by shortening the weaning-to-estrous interval and 2) promote the growth performance of their progeny and decrease diarrhea incidence.

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“…Also, the consumer's health becomes at stake because of contaminated milk harboring pathogens (OIE Animal Production Food Safety Working Group, 2006). Bedding surface is also responsible for the contamination of animal hides (Ward et al, 2001), which take these pathogens to slaughterhouses, directly posing a risk of foodborne illness [12,13]. The production of different gasses in different beddings also has a significant contribution to animal, workers and environmental health [4].…”

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“…Studies have shown that pigs reared in deep litter system consisting of sawdust show better performance and meat quality making it an economical solution and welfare perspective [13]. Moreover, sawdust is used as bedding in pig farms and transport vehicles, and it doesn't seem to enhance aggressive behavior or decrease welfare of animals [33,34].…”

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Wood Based Bedding Material in Animal Production: A Minireview

Irle

Belloncle

et al. 2019

APDV

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Bedding material is an important constituent of the animal production system. It is a key factor not only in the wellness and comfort but also for biosecurity measures applied for disease control and prevention programs. Animal production industry uses many types of bedding materials including, wood shavings, grass straws, paper, corn cobs, and rice husk, depending on the availability, price, hygroscopicity, animal comfort and environmental concerns. This review discusses the opportunities of using wood by-products like wood shavings, sawdust and chips in animal production, and their effect on health and welfare of animals and also on environment. Additionally, the microbial perspective of wood based beddings has been highlighted because generally it is considered as unhygienic material, however recent researches has shown the antimicrobial effects of this material, which can be utilized in production systems to counter the disease and lower the biological risk to health of animals, workers and environment.

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Effect of deep litter housing and fermented feed on carcass characteristics and meat quality of crossbred Hampshire pigs

Cited by 6 publications

References 22 publications

Bacillus subtilis and Enterococcus faecium co‐fermented feed regulates lactating sow's performance, immune status and gut microbiota

Bacillus subtilis and Enterococcus faecium co‐fermented feed regulates lactating sow's performance, immune status and gut microbiota

Effects of supplementing sow diets with fermented corn and soybean meal mixed feed during lactation on the performance of sows and progeny

Wood Based Bedding Material in Animal Production: A Minireview

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