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Effect of mixed organic acid and levan type fructan supplementation on improving performance and reducing gas emission of weaned pigs 

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Muniyappan M, Hwang HS, Kim IH. Effect of mixed organic acid and levan type fructan supplementation on improving performance and reducing gas emission of weaned pigs. Korean Journal of Agricultural Science 50:1-10.

Korean Journal of Agricultural Science (Korean J. Agric. Sci.) 2023 March, Volume 50, Issue 1, pages 1-10.  https://doi.org/10.7744/kjoas.20220070

Received on 20 August 2022, Revised on 22 August 2022, Accepted on 03 November 2022, Published on 30 March 2023.

Effect of mixed organic acid and levan type fructan supplementation on improving performance and reducing gas emission of weaned pigs 

Madesh Muniyappan1, Hyung Suk Hwang1,2, In Ho Kim1,*

1Department of Animal Resource&Science, Dankook University, Cheonan 31116, Korea

2AgRich Global, Inc., Seongnam 13595, Korea

*Corresponding author: inhokim@dankook.ac.kr

Abstract

The objective of this experiment was to evaluate the effect of mixed organic acids (MOAs) and levan type fructan (LYF) supplementation on the growth performance and fecal gas emission of weaned pigs. A total of 72 weaned pigs (Duroc × [Yorkshire × Landrace], average weight of 21.00 ± 0.78 kg) were randomly allotted to one of three dietary treatments with six replicate pens per treatment two barrows and two gilts per pen. The dietary treatments were as follows: (1) corn-soybean basal diet (CON); (2) CON + 0.1% MOAs (MOAs); (3) CON + 0.05% LYF (LYF). The experiment period lasted for 14 days. Dietary inclusion of MOAs and LYF increased (p = 0.036) body weight (BW) at day 14, (p = 0.001, p = 0.030) as well as average daily gain (ADG) and gain: feed (G : F) at day 14. However, dietary supplementation of MOAs and LYF reduced (p = 0.018) the fecal score at day 14. In addition, dietary inclusion of MOAs and LYF to the basal diet significantly reduced (p = 0.016) fecal NH3 emission on day 14 compared with pigs fed the control. Thus, MOAs and LYF supplementation positively affected growth performance and fecal NH3 emission in weaning pigs.

Keywords

fecal gas emission, fecal score, levan type fructan, mixed organic acid, performance

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Author contributIons

MM, HSH and IHK: Conceptualization and designed the trials. MM: writing – original draft preparation, performed the animal trials, MM, HSH and KH: Software, Methodology, Formal analysis, Writing – review and editing, IHK: Supervision. All authors contributed to the article and approved the submitted version.

Conflicts of interest

No potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was erported.

Ethical Approval

All procedures involving animals were conducted in line with the protocol approved by the Animal Ethics Committee of Dankook University. (Protocol number: DK-2-2114).

Data availability Statement

The data presented in this study are available on request from the corresponding author.

Authors Information

Madesh Muniyappan, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4677-9350

Hyung Suk Hwang, https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1314-8891

In Ho Kim, https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6652-2504

Acknowledgements
The Department of Animal Resource & Science was supported through the Research-Focused Department Promotion & Interdisciplinary Convergence Research Projects as a part of the University Innovation Support Program for Dankook University in 2022.