Title
Effects of nutrition on digestion efficiency and gaseous emissions from slurry in growing pigs: III. Influence of varying the dietary level of calcium soap of palm fatty acids distillate with or without orange pulp supplementation
Date Issued
01 January 2015
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Calvet S.
Beccaccia A.
Ferrer P.
De Blas C.
García-Rebollar P.
Cerisuelo A.
Publisher(s)
Elsevier
Abstract
The aim of this study was to establish the relationships between faecal fat concentration and gaseous emissions from pig slurry. Five diets were designed to meet essential nutrient requirements: a control and four experimental feeds including two levels (35 or 70 g/kg) of calcium soap fatty acids distillate (CSP) and 0 or 200 g/kg of orange pulp (OP) combined in a 2×2 factorial structure. Thirty growing pigs (six per treatment) were used to measure dry matter (DM) and N balance, coefficients of total tract apparent digestibility (CTTAD) of nutrients, faecal and urine composition and potential emissions of ammonia (NH3) and methane (CH4). Increasing dietary CSP level decreased DM, ether extract (EE) and crude protein (CP) CTTAD (by 4.0, 11.1 and 3.5%, respectively, P<0.05), but did not influence those of fibrous constituents. It also led to a decrease (from 475 to 412 g/kg DM, P<0.001) of faecal concentration of neutral detergent fibre (aNDFom) and to an increment (from 138 to 204 g/kg, P<0.001) of EE in faecal DM that was related to greater CH4 emissions, both per gram of organic matter (P=0.021) or on a daily basis (P<0.001). Level of CSP did not affect N content in faeces or urine, but increased daily DM (P<0.001), and N (P=0.031) faecal excretion with no effect on urine N excretion. This resulted in lesser (P=0.036) NH3 potential emission per kg of slurry. Addition of OP decreased CTTAD of EE (by 7.9%, P=0.044), but increased (P<0.05) that of all the fibrous fractions. As a consequence, faecal EE content increased (from 165 to 177 g/kg DM; P=0.012), and aNDFom decreased greatly (from 483 to 404 g/kg DM, P<0.001), which in all resulted in a lack of effect of OP on CH4 potential emission. Inclusion of OP in the diet also led to a significant decrease of CP CTTAD (by 6.85%, P<0.001), and to an increase of faecal CP concentration (from 174 to 226 g/kg DM, P<0.001), with no significant influence on urine N content. These effects resulted in higher N faecal losses, especially those of the undigested dietary origin, without significant effects on potential NH3 emission. No significant interactions between CSP and OP supplementation were observed for the gaseous emissions measured.
Start page
128
End page
136
Volume
209
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencia veterinaria
Ciencia animal, Ciencia de productos lácteos
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84952639358
Source
Animal Feed Science and Technology
ISSN of the container
03778401
Sponsor(s)
This project was funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation ( AGL2011-30023 ) and the Valencian Government ( ACOMP/2013/118 ). We also thank CAPES Foundation, Ministry of Education of Brazil, Brasilia – DF 70040-020 , Brazil for a research fellowship grant.
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
Scopus