scholarly journals The respiratory quotient in relation to fat deposition in fattening–growing pigs

1993 ◽  
Vol 69 (2) ◽  
pp. 333-343 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kirsten Jakobsen ◽  
Grete Thorbekt
Keyword(s):  
Gas Exchange ◽  
Respiratory Quotient ◽  
Live Weight ◽  
Soya Bean ◽  
Fat Deposition ◽  
Growing Pigs ◽  
Commercial Feed ◽  
The Common ◽  
Total Fat ◽  
The Relationship

The relationship between non-protein respiratory quotient (RQnp) and total fat retention (RFAT) or fat retained from synthesized carbohydrates (RFAT(CHO)) was evaluated from experiments with fattening–growing pigs in the live weight (LW) range from 45 to 120 kg. A commercial feed compound (31 g fat/kg) was fed at low (LI) or high (HI) feed intake in Expt 1, while a semi-purified diet (9.5 g fat/kg) was given without (LO) or with (HO) supplement of 90 g soya-bean oil/kg in Expt 2. RQnp was calculated from 24 h measurements of the gas exchange, RFAT from 7 d N and C balances and RFAT(CHO) from differences between RFAT and digested fat. The measurements showed that about 85 % of the total gas exchange was caused by oxidation of non-protein nutrients and the RQnp varied from 1.00 to 1.34. In Expt 1 RFAT increased with LW from 46 to 141 and from 199 to 335 g/d on LI and HI respectively, whilst in Expt 2 RFAT increased from 191 to 377 and from 267 to 511 g/d on LO and HO respectively. A pronounced linearity was found between RQnp and RFAT for all diets, but the curve for Expt 2 on HO had a lower position than the common curve for the other diets. By relating RQnp to RFAT(CHO) a common linear curve and regression equation could be established in spite of the great variation in dietary composition, intake of fat and fat deposition.

scholarly journals EFFECT OF THE DRUG "E-SELENIUM" ON THE DISPERSION OF MILK FAT IN COW'S MILK

2021 ◽  
Vol 245 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-76
Author(s):  
L.G. Kashirina ◽  
◽  
K.I. Romanov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Milk Fat ◽  
Live Weight ◽  
The Body ◽  
Quantitative Composition ◽  
Black And White ◽  
Fat Globules ◽  
White Breed ◽  
Total Fat ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Experimental Group

The antioxidant drug "E-selenium" was used to reduce the processes of LPO in the body of fresh cows. Two groups were formed from the analogous cows of the black-and-white breed: The Control was intact, Experienced received the antioxidant drug injection at a dose of 10 ml at the rate of 1 ml per 50 kg of live weight per head for 4 months of lactation from the second. The diets of animals of all groups were the same, balanced in nutrients and met the standards of the RAAS. The duration of the experiment was 150 days. During the period from the 3rd to the 5th month of lactation, there was a positive dynamic in increasing the number of fat globules in the milk of cows of the Experimental group. By the end of the 4th month, it was higher than the Control by 8.9 %. This confirms the active effect of the drug "E-selenium", which contributes to a positive dynamic in increasing the size of fat globules. Non-enzymatic antioxidant tocopherol is an active element of the anti-oxidative system. Selenium stimu-lates the body's own antioxidant system. In both experimental groups, the relationship between the concentration of peroxidation products and the quantitative composition of fat globules and their size was established. In the milk of cows of the Experimental group, the oxidation processes were inhibited by neutralizing the products (POL), increasing the number of large fat globules and the total fat content in the milk.

Digestibilities of nitrogen and amino acids in soya-bean, sunflower, meat and rapeseed meals measured with pigs and poultry

1989 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 157-179 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Green ◽  
T. Kiener
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acids ◽  
Growth Response ◽  
Live Weight ◽  
Rapeseed Meal ◽  
Soya Bean ◽  
Growing Pigs ◽  
Sunflower Meal ◽  
Meat Meal ◽  
Bean Meal ◽  
Soya Bean Meal

ABSTRACTIn order to determine the relative digestibilities of nitrogen and amino acids in foodstuffs for pigs and poultry, and the effects of manufacturing methods, equal quantities of soya-bean meal, sunflower meals [hulled (sunflower meal 1) and dehulled (sunflower meal 2)], meat meals [made with (meat meal 1), and without (meat meal 2), blood added at 250 g/kg meat tissue (wet weights)] and rapeseed meals [seeds heated at 80°C (rapeseed meal 1) or 100°C (rapeseed meal 2)] were mixed with protein-free ingredients. The diets were given to five growing pigs with ileo-rectal anastomoses, and, by crop-intubation, to 12 caecectomized and 12 intact cocks. Excreta were collected over 48-h periods. Endogenous excretion was estimated by giving protein-free diets.In the order, soya-bean meal, sunflower meals 1, and 2, meat meals 1, and 2, rapeseed meals 1, and 2, true digestibilities were: with pigs, of nitrogen, 0·81, 0·80, 0·79, 0·64, 0·79, 0·73, 0·70 (s.e.d. 0·030), of lysine, 0·84, 0·83, 0·84, 0·65, 0·84, 0·76, 0·72 (s.e.d. 0·032); with caecectomized birds, of nitrogen, 0·92, 0·91, 0·91, 0·66, 0·78, 0·74, 0·75 (s.e.d. 0·018), of lysine 0·92, 0·91, 0·93, 0·62, 0·79, 0·70, 0·70 (s.e.d. 0·020); with intact birds, values were similar to those with caecectomized birds for soya-bean, and the sunflower meals, but lesser for meat meals 1 and 2; the solubilities of nitrogen in pepsin were 0·96, 0·92, 0·93, 0·80, 0·89, 0·87, 0·87.Two hundred and eighty pigs (initial live weights 10 kg) were used to compare growth response to free lysine with that to lysine in soya-bean meal and sunflower meal 2. Lysine availabilities, assessed by analyses of regressions of live-weight gain against lysine intake were 0·82 (s.e. 0·12) for soya-bean meal, and 0·82 (s.e. 0·18) for sunflower meal 2.Amino acid digestibilities of the sunflower meals were similar to those of soya-bean meal, and were not influenced by dehulling; values for the rapeseed meals were lower, and unaffected by differences in heating severity; values for the meat meal were reduced by blood addition. Values differed between pigs and poultry, but there was consistency in the extent to which each species discriminated between some foodstuffs. The pepsin test was insensitive. The large standard errors associated with availability values prevented meaningful comparisons with digestibility values.

Sucrose as an energy source for growing pigs: energy utilization for protein deposition

1991 ◽  
Vol 52 (3) ◽  
pp. 535-543 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. A. Beech ◽  
R. Elliott ◽  
E. S. Batterham
Keyword(s):  
Energy Source ◽  
Live Weight ◽  
Fat Deposition ◽  
Growing Pigs ◽  
Energy Utilization ◽  
Net Energy ◽  
Amino Acid Requirement ◽  
Protein Retention ◽  
Protein Deposition ◽  
Sucrose Diet

ABSTRACTAn experiment was conducted to determine the effect of sucrose as an energy source on energy utilization and protein retention by growing pigs. Growing pigs (20 to 50 kg live weight) were restrictively fed (three times maintenance) either a control wheat-based diet (14 MJ digestible energy (DE) per kg), a sucrose-based diet (15 MJ DE per kg) or a wheat-based diet made i so-energetic with the sucrose diet by the addition of oil. Net energy (NE) content of the diet, energy utilization, protein and fat deposition were measured.Both the sucrose- and the iso-energetic wheat-based diets improved energy utilization and increased NE retention. They also increased fat deposition (P < 0·05) but had no effect on protein deposition (P > 0·05) compared with the wheat-based control. Increased DE utilization in the sucrose-based diet appeared due to (i) lower dietary fibre, (ii) a better balance of amino acids, or possibly due to (iii) increased fat synthesis due to sucrose metabolism. The lack of effect of sucrose on protein deposition appeared due to either (i) an increased amino acid requirement as a result of the higher NE content of the diet or (ii) preferential use of sucrose for fat deposition.

Cassava and tallow in diets for growing pigs

1985 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 345-350 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Walker
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rate ◽  
Significant Interaction ◽  
Dry Matter ◽  
Live Weight ◽  
Soya Bean ◽  
Growing Pigs ◽  
Crude Fibre ◽  
Daily Allowance ◽  
Different Levels ◽  
Growth Experiments

ABSTRACTIn two experiments 480 and 360 pigs were housed in groups of 10 and given diets containing different proportions of cassava between 35 and 87 kg live weight. The cassava contained 672, 34, 57 and 39 g/kg air dry matter of starch, crude fibre, total ash and insoluble ash respectively. The diets in the first experiment contained 0, 238, 475 or 713 kg cassava per t. In the second experiment the different levels of dietary cassava (0, 150, 300 or 450 kg cassava per t) were combined in a factorial design with different levels of tallow (0, 50 or 100 kg tallow per t). The pigs were given quantities of food calculated to give isoenergy intakes on the assumption that air-dry cassava contained 14·2 MJ digestible energy (DE) per kg. The feeding scale increased with time to give a maximum daily allowance of DE of 31·8 MJ per pig. Relative to each MJ of DE the calculated levels of lysine and of methionine plus cystine in the diets were 0·64 g and 0·39 g respectively.In both experiments, increasing levels of cassava resulted in significant reductions in growth rate but had no effect on the conversion of food to live weight or on carcass weight. In both experiments, the diets with the highest inclusions of cassava produced pigs with the thickest backfat. The effect was not significant in the second experiment but in the first experiment the differences were significant between diets with the highest and intermediate levels of cassava. There was a significant interaction between cassava and tallow on growth rate with the depression due to high levels of cassava being reduced when 100 kg tallow per t was included in the diet.The results of these growth experiments suggested that cassava of the type used here was of similar value to barley on an energy basis when used in diets based on barley and soya bean meals.

The voluntary intake and utilization of roughage–concentrate diets by sheep. 2. Barley and soya bean meal supplementation of hay diets

1971 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. R. Crabtree ◽  
G. L. Williams
Keyword(s):  
Dry Matter ◽  
Live Weight ◽  
Soya Bean ◽  
Metabolizable Energy ◽  
Ewe Lambs ◽  
Bean Meal ◽  
Voluntary Intake ◽  
Metabolizable Energy Intake ◽  
Soya Bean Meal ◽  
The Relationship

SUMMARYThree levels of soya bean meal (0%, 25% and 50% of the intake of hay dry matter) combined with three levels of pelleted barley (0%, 50% and 100% of the intake of hay dry matter) in a factorial arrangement of treatments were offered to Welsh Mountain ewe lambs receiving hay ad libitum for 14 weeks.When barley was not given, soya bean meal added at 25% of the hay intake increased hay voluntary intake from 287 g/day to 412 g/day but hay intake was depressed to 339 g/day by a further increase in the level of soya bean meal. When barley was given, soya bean meal did not affect hay intake. With one exception, an increase in barley reduced hay intake, with the result that there were no differences between treatments in the digestible energy intakes of lambs receiving barley at each level of soya bean meal. In general, it was found that an increase in the concentrate allowance (barley + soya bean) reduced hay intake, whereas an increase in the crude protein content of the concentrate increased hay intake. The relationship between live-weight change, metabolizable energy intake and live weight was examined by regression analysis. Although live weight and voluntary intake were unrelated at the start of the experiment, a positive relationship emerged as the experiment progressed.

The cellularity of backfat in growing pigs and its relationship with carcass composition

1978 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. D. Wood ◽  
M. B. Enser ◽  
D. J. Restall
Keyword(s):  
Cell Size ◽  
Live Weight ◽  
Growing Pigs ◽  
Carcass Composition ◽  
Whole Body ◽  
Fat Percentage ◽  
Fat Cell ◽  
Fat Cell Size ◽  
Total Fat ◽  
Number Of Cells

ABSTRACT1. Using 12 castrated Large White pigs, the way in which the size and number of recognizable fat cells (i.e. > 6·0 μm) increases during growth from 26 to 109 kg live weight, and the relationships between fat cellularity and body fat content were determined.2. Fat biopsy samples were taken at 87, 145 and 188 days of age from the shoulder region. This region grew rapidly in volume but was early maturing since its relative growth during the period of the experiment was low compared with other regions, particularly the mid-back to loin region.3. The growth of fat that occurred during the experiment was due to increases in both the size and number of recognizable cells. There was no indication that the number of cells had become constant even at 188 days of age.4. Subcutaneous or total fat expressed as a percentage of total dissectible tissue weight was related quite closely (r = 0·6 to 0·7, residual s.d. about 8% of mean fat percentage) to average fat cell size measured at 145 and 188 days. The number of cells at these times, defined as the number in a cylinder whose depth was known and whose cross-sectional area was 1 mm2 on day 1, was not significantly correlated with whole body fatness.5. Appetite was strongly linked to the rate of fat deposition and to the weight of fat at 188 days, but not to fat expressed in percentage terms. This was, however, closely related to the corrected food conversion ratio (r = 0·90, residual s.d. 2% of mean total fat percentage).6. Fat thickness measured by ultrasonics before slaughter was no better as a predictor of percentage fat than average fat cell size.

The effects of selection for high and low body weight on the proportion and distribution of fat in mice

1980 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Allen ◽  
J. C. McCarthy
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Adipose Tissue ◽  
Live Weight ◽  
Fat Deposition ◽  
Fat Depots ◽  
Body Weights ◽  
Selection For ◽  
Total Fat

ABSTRACTThe growth of adipose tissue was investigated in lines of mice selected for high and low body weight at 5 and 10 weeks of age, by dissecting and weighing individual fat depots from mice aged 5, 7·5, 10 and 15 weeks. At fixed ages most depots were heavier in the High lines and lighter in the Low lines. Depots grew at different rates and the rate of total fat deposition relative to gain in body weight was greater in High than in Low lines. At about 20g live weight High and Low lines had similar proportions of total fat; at lower weights the High lines were relatively leaner. These correlated effects of selection were more pronounced in the faster growing depots of the kidneys and gonads. In consequence, the High an d Low lines had different fat distributions at fixed ages, at fixed body weights and at fixed weights of fat.

Serum concentrations of insulin-like growth factor 1 and cholesterol in relation to protein and fat deposition in growing pigs

1992 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
pp. 257-264 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. A. Taylor ◽  
D. N. Salter ◽  
W. H. Close ◽  
G. H. Laswai
Keyword(s):  
Growth Factor ◽  
Total Cholesterol ◽  
Serum Cholesterol ◽  
Ldl Cholesterol ◽  
Density Lipoprotein ◽  
Live Weight ◽  
Fat Deposition ◽  
Growing Pigs ◽  
Insulin Like Growth Factor ◽  
Protein Deposition

AbstractThe nutrient partitioning of growing pigs was altered through nutrition and castration in order to investigate the relationship between serum insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGFl) and protein deposition and serum cholesterol and fat deposition. In a 2 × 2 factorial experiment 18 entire and 18 castrated male pigs, of 20 kg initial live weight, were given either 2·25 (low) or 3·4 (high) times maintenance energy requirements to a scale based on live weight. Nitrogen and energy balances were measured over 7-day periods when the pigs reached about 30, 60 and 90 kg. Fasting blood samples were taken at each weight and serum was analysed for IGFl and insulin and total- and high density lipoprotein (HDL)-cholesterol. Protein and fat deposition, IGFl and cholesterol concentrations were higher for pigs given the high, as opposed to the low, feeding level. Protein deposition and IGFl concentrations were higher for entire males, as opposed to castrated males, whereas fat deposition and cholesterol concentrations were higher in castrated than in entire males. IGFl and protein deposition increased with age for entire but not for castrated males. Conversely, fat deposition increased with age in castrated but not in entire males. There was no effect of age on serum cholesterol. Serum IGFl was correlated with protein deposition at 30, 60 and 90 kg (r = 0·40, r = 0·63 and r = 0·67; P < 0·05, P < 0·002 and P < 0001 respectively, no. = 36). Serum total cholesterol and low density lipoprotein (LDL)-cholesterol were correlated with fat deposition at 60 and 90 kg (r = 0·65 and r = 0·54; both P < 0·001 for total cholesterol; r = 0·66 and r = 0·50; both P < 0·001 for LDL-cholesterol). Insulin levels were similar for pigs in all treatment groups. It is concluded that serum IGFl and cholesterol may give a useful indication of protein and fat deposition in pigs of between 60 and 90 kg live weight.

Amino acid and energy interactions in growing pigs. 3. Effects of sex and live weight and cereal on the responses to dietary lysine concentration when fed ad libitum or to a restricted food scale on diets based on wheat or barley

1987 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 493-502 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. R. Giles ◽  
E. S. Batterham ◽  
E. Belinda Dettmann ◽  
R. F. Lowe
Keyword(s):  
Average Daily Gain ◽  
Live Weight ◽  
Soya Bean ◽  
Growing Pigs ◽  
Carcass Composition ◽  
Protein Retention ◽  
Lysine Concentration ◽  
Daily Energy ◽  
Ad Libitum ◽  
Daily Gain

ABSTRACTThe responses of growing pigs to dietary lysine as influenced by sex (male and female) and cereal (barley and wheat) were investigated in an 8 × 2 × 2 factorial experiment involving 128 pigs. The basal barley-soya bean (13·4 MJ digestible energy (DE) per kg) and wheat-soya bean (14·1 MJ DE per kg) diets were offered ad libitum from 20 to 50 kg live weight. The eight dietary lysine concentrations were 70 to 140 g/kg in increments of 1·0 g/kg. The experiment was repeated with pigs given food according to a restricted scale. Performance in both experiments was assessed by multiple regression analysis based on data from successive 10-kg live-weight intervals. Analysis of variance was used to assess chemical carcass composition and retention of protein and fat after slaughter at 50 kg live weight.Average daily DE intake (MJ) of pigs fed ad libitum was not significantly different for barley-based (27·4) and wheat-based diets (29·1). For pigs fed on a restricted scale, average daily DE intake was 18 MJ for barley-based and 17·5 MJ for wheat-based diets. The daily energy retained in the empty carcass, expressed as a proportion of daily DE intake, was proportionately 0·08 less for barley-based than for wheat-based diets irrespective of whether food was offered ad libitum (0·347 v. 0·379) or restricted (0·311 v. 0·337).The average daily gain of females fed ad libitum was not affected by dietary lysine concentration. With males, the response of daily gain to lysine concentration was curvilinear, increasing to a maximum of 120 g dietary lysine per kg up to 40·3 kg and 7·0 g/kg at greater weights for both cereals. For pigs fed on a restricted scale the daily gain on barley diets increased linearly up to the maximum dietary lysine concentration (14 g/kg), while for those on wheat-based diets maximum daily gain occurred with a lysine concentration of 11·2 g/kg for males and 131 g/kg for females. Carcass P2 backfat (mean = 15·4 mm), carcass fat proportion (mean = 242 g/kg) and carcass protein retention (mean = 89 g/day) were not significantly affected by dietary lysine concentration from 7 to 14 g/kg when pigs were fed ad libitum. However, when pigs were fed at a restricted level carcass fatness decreased to a minimum at 12 g lysine per kg.

The responses of growing pigs to dietary lysine, as free lysine hydrochloride or in soya-bean meal, and the influence of food intake

1986 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 477-484 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. F. Fuller ◽  
J. Wood ◽  
A. C. Brewer ◽  
K. Pennie ◽  
R. MacWilliam
Keyword(s):  
Weight Gain ◽  
Agricultural Research ◽  
Nitrogen Retention ◽  
Live Weight ◽  
Soya Bean ◽  
Growing Pigs ◽  
Digestible Energy ◽  
Lysine Concentration ◽  
Bean Meal ◽  
Soya Bean Meal

ABSTRACTOne hundred and ninety-two individually fed pigs, half of them castrated males and half females, were used to examine the effects of reducing the concentration of dietary lysine below the value of 0·84 g/MJ digestible energy suggested by the Agricultural Research Council (1981). Lysine was varied by altering the inclusion of either free lysine hydrochloride or soya-bean meal. Over the whole experiment from 18 to 65 kg live weight, there were significant reductions in live-weight gain and increases in food: gain ratio in response to reducing lysine concentration; these changes were greater with soya-bean meal than with free lysine. During later growth (45 to 65 kg) alterations in lysine concentration had no significant effect.For pigs given soya-bean supplements, both the live weights after fasting and the carcass weights were significantly lower than for those given free lysine hydrochloride, suggesting that at least part of the difference in growth between pigs given free lysine hydrochloride and soya-bean was attributable to this difference. The food required per kg carcass weight gain, or per kg lean tissue gain, was not affected by the source of lysine.In a subsidiary experiment using nitrogen balance, supplements of five amino acids in addition to lysine did not increase nitrogen retention, providing further evidence that lysine was the only amino acid responsible for the response seen with soya-bean meal. It was concluded that for growing pigs with daily food intakes of 1·5 to 1·8 kg, a lysine concentration of at least 0·81 g/MJ digestible energy is required to maximize performance.

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