scholarly journals Reproductive traits in primiparous sows in relation to feeding level.

1981 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 285-296
Author(s):  
L.A. den Hartog ◽  
H.A.M. van der Steen
Keyword(s):  
Weight Loss ◽  
Wheat Bran ◽  
Reproductive Traits ◽  
Soya Bean ◽  
Ovulation Rate ◽  
Feeding Level ◽  
Citrus Pulp ◽  
Loss Of Weight ◽  
Gluten Feed ◽  
Chorion Gonadotropin

To estimate the effect of plane of nutrition and induction of oestrus with 400 IU of pregnant mare serum and 200 IU of human chorion gonadotropin, 113 primiparous Dutch Landrace sows were given 4 or 2.5 kg feed daily from weaning to oestrus. The feed included maize 12, barley 18, soya bean oilmeal 15, wheat bran 15, cassava pellets 13, maize gluten feed 5, lucerne meal 8, citrus pulp 5.5, molasses 5, animal protein 1.1%, minerals and vitamins. The number of sows in oestrus within 21 days of weaning was 69 (61%). Within 7 days of induction of oestrus on day 21, 41 sows were in oestrus (36%). On day 21, 37 (65%) of the better-fed sows were in oestrus and 32 (53%) of the poorer-fed group. The interval from weaning to spontaneous oestrus was 9.1 and 8.2 days, respectively, and ovulation rate 15.2 and 14.8. Size of the sexual organs was not affected by feeding level. Rate of gain of sows during the interval from weaning to oestrus was influenced by feeding level: +4.1 kg and -2.3 kg, respectively, for the sows in oestrus within 21 days of weaning. Sows with induced oestrus shed significantly more ova than did sows in which oestrus was not induced (21.7 and 15.0, respectively). Loss of weight, loss of heart girth, and loss of backfat thickness during previous lactation (absolute and relative) did not differ for sows with or without induction, but was higher for sows with a spontaneous oestrus between 10 and 21 days after weaning than for sows with an oestrus within 10 days after weaning. Ovulation rate was not affected by weight at weaning or at oestrus, weight loss during lactation, gain during the interval from weaning to oestrus or size of the preceeding litter at birth. (Abstract retrieved from CAB Abstracts by CABI’s permission)

Effects of feeding level and starvation on growth and water and protein content in juvenile redclaw crayfish, Cherax quadricarinatus (von Martens)

1996 ◽  
Vol 47 (5) ◽  
pp. 745 ◽  
Author(s):  
H Gu ◽  
AJ Anderson ◽  
PB Mather ◽  
MF Capra
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Protein Content ◽  
Water Content ◽  
Total Protein ◽  
Simultaneous Increase ◽  
Total Protein Content ◽  
Body Protein ◽  
Cherax Quadricarinatus ◽  
Feeding Level ◽  
Loss Of Weight

Effects of feeding level and starvation on growth, water content and protein content were examined in juvenile Cherax quadricarinatus. Gain in body weight was positively related to feeding level. An increase in feeding level resulted in a decrease in water content and an increase in protein content. Although the majority of juveniles were able to tolerate starvation for at least 12 days, deprivation of feeding caused a loss of weight and a gradual decrease in protein content combined with a simultaneous increase in water content. Total protein content was reduced by 3.9% in juveniles starved for three days and by 8.3% in those starved for 12 days. Normal body protein content, however, was recovered within six days after subsequent feeding in juveniles that were deprived of food for 12 days.

scholarly journals In situstudy of the relevance of bacterial adherence to feed particles for the contamination and accuracy of rumen degradability estimates for feeds of vegetable origin

2006 ◽  
Vol 96 (2) ◽  
pp. 316-325 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. A. Rodríguez ◽  
J. González
Keyword(s):  
Wheat Bran ◽  
Crude Protein ◽  
Microbial Contamination ◽  
Barley Straw ◽  
Cellulose Content ◽  
Asymptotic Values ◽  
Maize Grain ◽  
Gluten Feed ◽  
Single Exponential

Anin situstudy was conducted on four rumen-cannulated wethers to determine (using15N infusion techniques) the microbial contamination (mg bacterial DM or crude protein (CP)/100mg DM or CP) and the associated error on the effective degradability of fourteen feeds: barley and maize grains, soyabean and sunflower meals, full-fat soyabean, maize gluten feed, soyabean hulls, brewers dried grains, sugarbeet pulp, wheat bran, lucerne and vetch-oat hays, and barley and lentil straws. The DM or CP contamination in residues (M) fitted to single exponential or sigmoid curves. A general model (M=m(1−e−ft)j) was proposed to match this fit. Asymptotic values (m) varied from 2·84% to 13·3% and from 2·85% to 80·9% for DM and CP, respectively. Uncorrected results underestimated the effective degradability of both DM (P<0·05) and CP (P<0·01). For CP, this underestimation varied from 0·59% to 13·1%, with a higher but unascertainable error for barley straw. Excluding maize grain, the microbial contamination of both DM and CP, and the associated underestimation of the effective degradability of CP, were positively related to the cellulose content of the feed. The error in the effective degradability of CP was also negatively related to the CP content and its apparent effective degradability (R20·867). This equation allows easier and more accurate estimates of effective degradability, needed to improve protein-rationing systems.

scholarly journals Replacing wheat bran by corn gluten feed without steep water in complete dog food

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 263-268 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juliana de Melo Pires ◽  
Lívia Geraldi Ferreira ◽  
Flávia Maria de Oliveira Borges Saad ◽  
Márcio Gilberto Zangeronimo ◽  
Ives Cláudio da Silva Bueno ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wheat Bran ◽  
Dog Food ◽  
Corn Gluten ◽  
Corn Gluten Feed ◽  
Gluten Feed

scholarly journals Standardized ileal digestibility of amino acids in cereal grains and co-products in growing pigs

2020 ◽  
Vol 33 (7) ◽  
pp. 1148-1155
Author(s):  
Su A Lee ◽  
Jong Young Ahn ◽  
Ah Reum Son ◽  
Beob Gyun Kim
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acids ◽  
Rice Bran ◽  
Wheat Bran ◽  
Soybean Meal ◽  
Cereal Grains ◽  
Corn Gluten Meal ◽  
Ileal Digestibility ◽  
Corn Gluten ◽  
Corn Gluten Feed ◽  
Gluten Feed

Objective: The objective was to determine standardized ileal digestibility (SID) of crude protein (CP) and amino acids (AA) in cereal grains and various co-products fed to growing pigs.Methods: Ten feed ingredients tested were barley (9.3% CP), lupin kernels (31.1% CP), and wheat (11.3% CP) as cereal grains, and 2 sources of corn gluten feed produced in China (21.6% CP) and Korea (24.6% CP), corn gluten meal (65.3% CP), lupin hulls (11.6% CP), rice bran (14.5% CP), soybean meal (44.8% CP), and wheat bran (15.4% CP) as co-products. Ten experimental diets were formulated to contain each ingredient as a sole source of N and an N-free diet was used to correct basal endogenous losses of CP and AA. All diets also contained 0.5% Cr2O3 as an indigestible index. A replicated 11×6 incomplete Latin square design with 11 dietary treatments, 6 periods, and 22 animals was employed. Twenty-two barrows with an initial body weight of 64.6±4.9 kg were equipped with a T-cannula in the distal ileum. An experimental period consisted of a 4-d adaptation period and a 2-d collection period.Results: The SID of CP in the barley, lupin kernels, wheat, 2 sources of corn gluten feed, corn gluten meal, lupin hulls, rice bran, soybean meal, and wheat bran were 84.7%, 90.5%, 90.4%, 77.4%, 74.6%, 89.5%, 90.4%, 74.4%, 86.9%, and 63.4% (standard error of the mean [SEM] = 5.3, p = 0.006), respectively. The respective SID values of Lys were 75.5%, 88.4%, 83.9%, 74.7%, 62.4%, 80.3%, 83.9%, 78.5%, 88.0%, and 71.2% (SEM = 3.3, p<0.001), and the SID values of Met were 83.6%, 88.7%, 89.4%, 85.7%, 78.3%, 88.9%, 89.4%, 85.3%, 91.1%, and 77.0% (SEM = 2.4, p<0.001), respectively.Conclusion: The ileal digestibility of protein and amino acids varies among the feed ingredients fed to pigs.

scholarly journals Effeot of Moisture Stress on Submicrosoopic Struoture of Maize Roots

1969 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 17 ◽  
Author(s):  
I Nir ◽  
S Klein ◽  
A Poljakoff-Mayber
Keyword(s):  
Weight Loss ◽  
Sodium Chloride ◽  
Moisture Stress ◽  
Initial Weight ◽  
Submicroscopic Structure ◽  
Chloride Solutions ◽  
Sodium Chloride Solutions ◽  
Percentage Loss ◽  
Loss Of Weight ◽  
Maize Roots

The effect of dehydration on root behaviour and its submicroscopic structure was studied. Root segments were dehydrated above sodium chloride solutions of various concentrations and the degree of dehydration was expressed as percentage loss of weight. Loss of more than 70% of initial weight proved lethal. On loss of 60-70% some of the roots preserved their ability to resume growth on rehydration.

The effect of body condition on ovulation rate in the sow

1969 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 505-510 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Hardy ◽  
G. A. Lodge
Keyword(s):  
Weight Loss ◽  
Body Weight ◽  
Body Condition ◽  
Ovulation Rate ◽  
Corpora Lutea ◽  
Pooled Data ◽  
Conception Rates

SUMMARYTwenty-four sows from three nutritional regimes imposed until weaning of their third litters were used to investigate the influence of weight and body condition on ovulation rate.For low-, medium- and high-plane sows respectively, mean corpora lutea numbers at 3 to 6 days post coitus were 13·8±0·78, 16·4±0·87 and 15·2±1·01 (not significantly different); conception rates at first service were 50, 87·5 and 100% percentages prenatal mortality were 36·1±7·95, 67·2±7·26 and 41·7±7·26, and mean numbers of pigs born alive were 9·0±1·19, 5·2±1·09 and 8·8±1·09.Pooled data indicated no significant effect of body weight but a significant effect of weight loss during the preceding lactation on ovulation rate (P<0–01).

Identification of genomic regions controlling plasma FSH concentrations in Meishan-White Composite boars

2001 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 145-151 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. A. ROHRER ◽  
T. H. WISE ◽  
D. D. LUNSTRA ◽  
J. J. FORD
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Levels ◽  
Reproductive Traits ◽  
Chromosome 8 ◽  
Ovulation Rate ◽  
Glycoprotein Hormones ◽  
Elevated Plasma ◽  
Large White ◽  
Entire Genome ◽  
Genetic Mechanisms ◽  
Genomic Regions

The Chinese Meishan (ME) breed of pig is unique for many reproductive traits. Compared with Western breeds of swine, ME females reach puberty earlier, ovulate more ova per estrus, and have greater uterine capacity, while intact males (boars) have smaller testes and extremely elevated plasma levels of pituitary-derived glycoprotein hormones. In an effort to identify the genetic mechanisms controlling the elevated plasma levels of pituitary-derived glycoprotein hormones [in particular, follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH)] and to determine whether some of these genetic factors are also responsible for differences in other phenotypes, we scanned the entire genome for regions that affected plasma FSH in boars from a Meishan-White Composite (equal contributions of Chester White, Landrace, Large White, and Yorkshire) resource population. Initially, the entire genome of 121 boars was scanned for regions that potentially influenced plasma FSH. The most significant genomic regions were further studied in a total of 436 boars. Three genomic regions located on chromosomes 3, 10, and X apparently possess genes that significantly affect FSH level, and one region provided suggestive evidence for the presence of FSH-controlling genes located on chromosome 8. The region on the X chromosome also affected testes size. Similar genomic regions to those identified on chromosomes 3, 8, and 10 in this study have been identified to affect ovulation rate in female litter mates, supporting the hypothesis that plasma FSH in pubertal boars and ovulation rate in females is controlled by a similar set of genes.

Digestion site and extent of carbohydrate fractions in steers offered by-product diets, as determined by detergent and enzymatic methods

1999 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
pp. 173-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Taniguchi ◽  
Y. Zhao ◽  
H. Uchikawa ◽  
T. Obitsu
Keyword(s):  
Crude Protein ◽  
Dry Matter ◽  
Control Diet ◽  
Latin Square ◽  
Soya Bean ◽  
Italian Ryegrass ◽  
Enzymatic Method ◽  
Citrus Pulp ◽  
Beet Pulp ◽  
Ruminal Digestion

AbstractThe objective was to elucidate the influences of two analytical methods, which employed neutral detergent or enzymes, on the digestion of carbohydrate fractions in the rumen and post-rumen of steers. Structural carbohydrates in diets and digesta were directly measured using both procedures and the contents of non-fibre carbohydrates (NFC) and non-fibre non-starch polysaccharides (NFSP) were estimated by subtracting the structural carbohydrates and other components from the organic matter. Carbohydrate sources were Italian ryegrass and rolled barley in the control diet and, in each of other three diets, Italian ryegrass and rolled barley plus either beet pulp, citrus pulp or soya-bean hulls. All diets contained similar proportions of dry matter as crude protein, structural carbohydrates and NFC but the starch proportion of the NFC was different in each diet, as follows: control (0·62), beet pulp (0·48), citrus pulp (0·30) and soya-bean hulls (0·63). Four Holstein steers with ruminal, duodenal and Heal cannulas were offered the four diets in a 4 × 4 Latin-square design. Estimated digestibilities of the structural carbohydrates in the rumen and the whole tract were greater (P < 0·01) when the detergent method was used than when the enzymatic method was used. The maximal difference in the ruminal digestion among the four diets was only 0·05 by the detergent method but 0·17 by the enzymatic method. Conversely, the digestibility of NFC in the rumen, as estimated from the detergent structural carbohydrates was less (P < 0.01) than that estimated from enzymatic structural carbohydrates with no evident differences among the four diets. Starch digestibility in the rumen was extensive for all diets but the ruminal digestibility of NFSP was much lower in the control and soya-bean hull diets, especially when it was estimated using the detergent method. The duodenal flow of microbial protein was greater (P < 0·05) for the beet pulp and citrus pulp diets than for the control. The acetate concentration of the ruminal fluids ranged from 84 for the control diet to 128 mmol/l for the soya-bean hulls diet. The digestion of carbohydrate fractions and the fermentation characteristics in the rumen suggested that the enzymatic method is the more appropriate method for fractionating carbohydrates.

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