Effects of Orgacids™ on growth performance, gut microflora and pH and meat cholesterol in growing pigs

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Loh, Teck Chwen and Low, Y. S. and Chang, Y. K. (2004) Effects of Orgacids™ on growth performance, gut microflora and pH and meat cholesterol in growing pigs. In: 11th International Conference of the Association of Institutions for Tropical Veterinary Medicine and 16th Veterinary Association Malaysia Congress, 23-27 Aug. 2004, Sunway Pyramid Convention Centre, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. (pp. 392-394).

Abstract

A total of 240 Large White x Landrace x Duroc postweaning piglets, 28to 32 days of age with the average body weight of 6.65kg were used in this study. The body weight, total live weight gain, total feed intake and feed conversion ratio were not significantly different. The control pigs had a higher number of faecal Enterobacteriaceae than OrgacidsTM pigs. The lactic acid bacteria (LAB) for the OrgacidsTM pigs was higher than the control pigs. The faecal pH for the OrgacidsTM pigs was lower than those of control pigs. The control pigs had a higher meat cholesterol concentration than the OrgacidsTM pigs. These results suggest that supplementation of organic acids have beneficial effects to the health of the pigs.

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Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Divisions:	Faculty of Agriculture
Publisher:	Universiti Putra Malaysia Press
Keywords:	Organic acids; Gut microflora; Faecal pH; Plasma cholesterol
Depositing User:	Nabilah Mustapa
Date Deposited:	04 Sep 2018 04:04
Last Modified:	04 Sep 2018 04:04
URI:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/65123
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