The effect of feeding fattener pigs with hybrid rye on selected growth and carcass traits and on meat quality characteristics

Lisiak, D.; Janiszewski, P.; Borzuta, K.; Schwarz, Tomasz; Grześkowiak, E.; Siekierko, Urszula; Lasek, Jakub

doi:10.2478/aoas-2022-0077

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“…Due to the ongoing rise in the price of feed ingredients and the limited quantity of raw materials [29], it is crucial to find adequate substitutes for frequently used feedstuffs to satisfy the nutritional needs of swine. Therefore, the increasing availability of sustainable grains such as hybrid rye to use as an alternative feedstuff has raised interest in swine production [15,30]. However, relatively little is known about whether feeding rye to transition sows has effects on the sow or piglets.…”

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“…Therefore, feeding rye to pigs has become increasingly interesting. Modern hybrid rye varieties can be successfully used for feeding pigs [15]. Feeding pigs in amounts of up to 60% hybrid rye did not influence the daily growth, carcass traits, or meat quality characteristics of the pigs [15].…”

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“…Modern hybrid rye varieties can be successfully used for feeding pigs [15]. Feeding pigs in amounts of up to 60% hybrid rye did not influence the daily growth, carcass traits, or meat quality characteristics of the pigs [15]. Even with high dietary levels of rye (69%) in the diet, there are no negative effects compared to wheat on growth performance, e.g., daily weight gain, feed intake, or fecal characteristics [14].…”

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Effect of Rye for Transition Sows on the Level of Piglet Serum Immunoglobulin Immunocrit

Chuppava,

Homann,

Eckey

et al. 2023

Sustainability

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A sustainable increase in livestock productivity cannot be achieved without the use of sustainable animal feed. Due to the growing awareness of the long-term benefits of sustainability, there is an increasing interest in replacing traditional feed resources with the most sustainable feedstuffs in pig production. Rye production is relatively sustainable compared to wheat. This farm study investigated whether the newborn body weight as well as antibody transfer in piglets (serum immunoglobulin immunocrit) are affected by feeding rye instead of wheat grain to transition sows. A total of 237 sows and their piglets (n = 711) from three farms located in northern Germany participated in this study. During the transition period, the sows were fed either a wheat-based diet used as the control diet (CON) or a 30% rye diet (RYE) for 7 days before the calculated farrowing date. On the day of farrowing, piglet body weights within 24 h post-natal (PN) were recorded, and blood samples were taken from the lightest, medium, and heaviest piglets in each litter to determine the quantification of immunoglobulins in the piglets. Feeding rye-based diets to the sows showed no differences in the body weight of the newborns (within 24 h) compared to the CON group in all body weight categories, except on Farm C in light and medium piglets, where high BW were observed in the CON group. The immunocrit ratio did not show any differences between both feeding groups. A relationship between newborn body weight and immunocrit ratios in the CON and the RYE groups was observed only on farm A. Overall, this study showed that including amounts of rye up to 30% in sows’ diets during the transition period had no negative effects on newborn piglet body weight or on antibody transfer and therefore can be considered an adequate replacement for wheat (up to 30%) in diets for transition sows. However, future research is needed to determine whether a higher proportion of rye may be used.

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Effect of Rye for Transition Sows on the Level of Piglet Serum Immunoglobulin Immunocrit

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“…Among other things, this is why cultivation generates a relatively low CO 2 footprint (7). Thus, an old and traditional feedstuff is experiencing growing interest (8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15). Generally, wheat and rye are characterized by different amounts of starch and crude fiber (3), moreover crude protein levels of wheat are 17-33% higher than those of rye (3,16).…”

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Effects of substituting wheat by rye in diets for young fattening pigs on nutrient digestibility, performance, products of intestinal fermentation, and fecal characteristics

Wilke

Kamphues

2023

Front. Vet. Sci.

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Climate change and increasing demands to reduce the environmental impact of feed production are major challenges for animal nutritionists. Compared to wheat, which is commonly used in high levels in European piglet diets, rye is more efficient in using limited resources, most importantly, water and phosphorus. As a result, its cultivation has a relatively low carbon footprint. The high amounts of non-starch polysaccharides of rye might lead to an increased intestinal fermentation with potential beneficial effects on gut health. However, the high levels of non-starch polysaccharides in rye, which have a major impact on the physico-chemical conditions of the digesta, might affect digestibility and performance especially in young animals. It was therefore of interest to compare the effects of isoenergetic diets with increasing levels of rye as a replacement for wheat fed to young fattening pigs (bodyweight: 16–40 kg). The control diet contained 69% of wheat, while in the other three experimental diets, the amount of wheat was gradually replaced (by a third in each case) with rye. Thus, the experimental diets contained 23, 46, and 69% of rye. A total of 40 young pigs were housed individually in four dietary treatment groups. During a 4 week trial, effects on performance, digestibility, products of intestinal fermentation, and fecal characteristics were evaluated. There were no negative effects on feed intake and gains, even though the feed conversion ratio increased with the highest dietary rye level (69%). Digestibility rates of organic matter and crude protein did not differ significantly. Without affecting the characteristics of the feces, numerically higher amounts of intestinal fermentation products and higher colonic digesta mass were observed.

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The effect of feeding fattener pigs with hybrid rye on selected growth and carcass traits and on meat quality characteristics

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Effect of Rye for Transition Sows on the Level of Piglet Serum Immunoglobulin Immunocrit

Effect of Rye for Transition Sows on the Level of Piglet Serum Immunoglobulin Immunocrit

Effects of substituting wheat by rye in diets for young fattening pigs on nutrient digestibility, performance, products of intestinal fermentation, and fecal characteristics

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