An experiment was conducted to determine the effect of the form of dietary fat (extracted or intact fat) and of dietary NDF on ileal and total tract endogenous losses of fat (ELF), on apparent ileal (AID) and apparent total tract digestibility (ATTD) of fat, and on true ileal (TID) and true total tract digestibility (TTTD) of fat in growing pigs. A cornstarch-based basal diet that contained 1.2...

A total of 50 weaning pigs (16 d of age; 4.72 +/- 0.23 kg of BW) were selected to investigate the effect of dietary chito-oligosaccharide (COS) supplementation on growth performance, fecal shedding of Escherichia coli and Lactobacillus, apparent digestibility, and small intestinal morphology. Pigs housed in individual metabolic cages were assigned randomly to 5 treatments (n = 10), including 1 ...

Plasma is a co-product from pork and beef obtained during the processing of animals for human consumption. The spray-drying process maintains solubility spray-dried animal plasma (SDAP) its nutritional functional properties, making this ingredient multifunctional in nutrition. In pet food, SDAP has been used production wet foods (pates chunks gravy) as an emulsifying binding agent, with potenti...

The negative effects of aflatoxins (AFLA) on hepatic necrosis and total tract digestibility of energy, N, and amino acids have been well documented. However, the question remains if this is an effect on nutrient metabolizability alone or an effect on the intestine, or both, resulting in increased endogenous nutrient loss or reduced nutrient retention, or both. Therefore, a 2-wk feeding study wi...

ABSTRACT This study was conducted to investigate the effects of dietary propolis alcohol extract supplementation on growth performance, digestibility, intestinal morphometry, and physiologic parameters Nile tilápia (Oreochromis niloticus L.) juveniles. For performance experiment 120 fish averaging 1.41±0.3g were randomly distributed into 24 tanks (70L each) in a closed recirculation water syste...

This study aimed to in vitro evaluate the impact of common gastrointestinal (GI) alterations appearing with aging on protein digestibility, and functional related properties, four different meats (chicken, turkey, pork beef). Thus, three elderly digestion models were stated as long altered GI conditions affected at oral (E1), gastric (E2) oral, intestinal stages (E3). Healthy adult also mimicke...

Exogenous proteolytic enzyme supplementation is required in certain disease conditions in humans and animals and due to compelling reasons on use of more plant protein ingredients and profitability in animal feed industry. However, limitations on their utility in diet are imposed by their pH specificity, thermolabile nature, inhibition due to a variety of factors and the possibility of intestin...