Effects of increasing neutral detergent fiber in swine diets on the morphology of digestive and non-digestive organs

Authors

  • Jacinta Diva Ferrugem Gomes Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Zootecnia e Engenharia de Alimentos, Departamento de Zootecnia, Pirassununga, SP
  • Romualdo Shigueo Fukushima Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Departamento de Nutrição e Produção Animal, Pirassununga, SP
  • Soraia Marques Putrino Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Zootecnia e Engenharia de Alimentos, Departamento de Zootecnia, Pirassununga, SP
  • Carlos Grossklaus Socil Guyomarc'H
  • Gustavo Júlio Melo Monteiro de Lima EMBRAPA, Centro Nacional de Pesquisa em Suínos e Aves, Concórdia, SC

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1678-4456.bjvras.2006.26500

Keywords:

Dietary fiber, Digestive tract, Hay

Abstract

This work was targeted to evaluate the effects of including 0 or 8% of neutral detergent fiber from grass hay on the morphology of digestive and non-digestive organs of swine receiving starting or growing-finishing diets. It was employed cross-bred animals fed isoproteic and isoenergetic ad libitum rations in a completely randomized experimental design. At the end of each period, animals were slaughtered and eviscerated. It was detected that the fibrous ration increased the weight of empty stomach, large intestine and filled cecum (as a percentage of live weight) of starting animals. In the growing-finishing animals fibrous ration increased the weights of filled gastrointestinal tract and empty stomach. Higher weights of some digestive organs suggest a possible morphological adaptation to high fiber diets.

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Published

2006-04-01

How to Cite

Gomes, J. D. F., Fukushima, R. S., Putrino, S. M., Grossklaus, C., & Lima, G. J. M. M. de. (2006). Effects of increasing neutral detergent fiber in swine diets on the morphology of digestive and non-digestive organs. Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Research and Animal Science, 43(2), 202-209. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1678-4456.bjvras.2006.26500

Issue

Vol. 43 No. 2 (2006)

Section

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