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The rearing, growing and fattening performance,
carcass and meat quality of pigs fed naked oats
supplemented with enzymes
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University of Podlasie, Chair of Animal Nutrition and Food Management,
B. Prusa 14, 08-110 Siedlce, Poland
Publication date: 2006-09-21
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A. Milczarek
University of Podlasie, Chair of Animal Nutrition and Food Management,
B. Prusa 14, 08-110 Siedlce, Poland
J. Anim. Feed Sci. 2006;15(Suppl. 1):65-68
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Each of two diets containing 30% naked oats, unsupplemented (diet I) or supplemented with a
multienzyme preparation (diet II), was fed to 3 litters of piglets from the age of 10 days until weaning on
day 52 (prestarter), to weaners until day 83 of life (grower), and to fatteners until slaughter on day 177
of life (grower and finisher). Thirty or thirty-one piglets and weaners and 20 fatteners were included in
group I and II, respectively. Feeding diets supplemented with β-glucanase, hemicellulase, and pectinase
increased daily gain from 251 to 266 g during the suckling period, and from 340 to 357 g from days 10 to
83 of life, and improved feed utilization in both periods compared with the control diet. Supplementation
of naked oats with enzymes tended to improve fattening performance, significantly decreased loin eye
area, and modified the fatty acid profile and water holding capacity of the loin, while increasing the dry
matter content in ham. Feeding an enzyme-supplemented diet did not significantly affect sensory scores,
but they tended to be lower in both ham and loin.
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Carcass Composition and Quality of Meat of Pulawska and Pulawska x PLW Crossbred Pigs Fed Rations with Naked Oats
Anna Milczarek
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