<i>Bacillus amyloliquefaciens</i> CU33 Fermented Feather–Soybean Meal Product Improves the Crude Protein Digestibility, Diarrhea Status, and Growth Performance of Goat Kids

This study investigates the effects of replacing fish meal with fermented feather meal–soybean meal product (FFSMP) from <i>Bacillus amyloliquefaciens</i> CU33 in the starter on growth performance, relative health performance, and digestibility of Alpine goat kids. In trial 1, thirty-two...

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Main Authors: Tsung-Yu Lee, Yueh-Sheng Lee, Chean-Ping Wu, Kun-Wei Chan, Kuo-Lung Chen
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Yueh-Sheng Lee
Chean-Ping Wu
Kun-Wei Chan
Kuo-Lung Chen
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Chean-Ping Wu
Kun-Wei Chan
Kuo-Lung Chen
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description This study investigates the effects of replacing fish meal with fermented feather meal–soybean meal product (FFSMP) from <i>Bacillus amyloliquefaciens</i> CU33 in the starter on growth performance, relative health performance, and digestibility of Alpine goat kids. In trial 1, thirty-two Alpine goat kids (male) were randomly assigned to dietary supplementation of 2% feather meal–soybean meal mix (FSM), 2% fish meal, or replacing fish meal with 50% or 100% FFSMP (FFSMP-50 or FFSMP-100) in starter (n = 8). In trial 2, sixteen goat kids were selected after trial 1 and used in this digestion trial which began from 12 weeks old. The treatments were the same as in trial 1 (n = 4). In trial 1, the growth performance of the FFSMP groups was better than the FSM group at 0 to 10 weeks (<i>p</i> < 0.05). The fecal consistency index of the FFSMP-100 group was better than the FSM group at 0 to 5 weeks and 5 to 10 weeks. In trial 2, the crude protein (CP) digestibility of the FSM group decreased (<i>p</i> < 0.05). In conclusion, dietary supplementation with 2% FFSMP in goat kids’ diets can improve the growth performance, the CP digestibility, and diarrhea status, and it can completely replace the fish meal in starter diets.
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spelling doaj-art-21caf0c47f6d45fabb0aa4f5472e11d42025-08-20T01:47:44ZengMDPI AGAnimals2076-26152024-09-011419280910.3390/ani14192809<i>Bacillus amyloliquefaciens</i> CU33 Fermented Feather–Soybean Meal Product Improves the Crude Protein Digestibility, Diarrhea Status, and Growth Performance of Goat KidsTsung-Yu Lee0Yueh-Sheng Lee1Chean-Ping Wu2Kun-Wei Chan3Kuo-Lung Chen4Animal Nutrition Division, Taiwan Livestock Research Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, Tainan 712009, TaiwanPh.D. Program of Agriculture Science, National Chiayi University, Chiayi 600355, TaiwanDepartment of Animal Science, National Chiayi University, Chiayi 600355, TaiwanDepartment of Veterinary Medicine, National Chiayi University, Chiayi 600355, TaiwanDepartment of Animal Science, National Chiayi University, Chiayi 600355, TaiwanThis study investigates the effects of replacing fish meal with fermented feather meal–soybean meal product (FFSMP) from <i>Bacillus amyloliquefaciens</i> CU33 in the starter on growth performance, relative health performance, and digestibility of Alpine goat kids. In trial 1, thirty-two Alpine goat kids (male) were randomly assigned to dietary supplementation of 2% feather meal–soybean meal mix (FSM), 2% fish meal, or replacing fish meal with 50% or 100% FFSMP (FFSMP-50 or FFSMP-100) in starter (n = 8). In trial 2, sixteen goat kids were selected after trial 1 and used in this digestion trial which began from 12 weeks old. The treatments were the same as in trial 1 (n = 4). In trial 1, the growth performance of the FFSMP groups was better than the FSM group at 0 to 10 weeks (<i>p</i> < 0.05). The fecal consistency index of the FFSMP-100 group was better than the FSM group at 0 to 5 weeks and 5 to 10 weeks. In trial 2, the crude protein (CP) digestibility of the FSM group decreased (<i>p</i> < 0.05). In conclusion, dietary supplementation with 2% FFSMP in goat kids’ diets can improve the growth performance, the CP digestibility, and diarrhea status, and it can completely replace the fish meal in starter diets.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/14/19/2809<i>Bacillus amyloliquefaciens</i> CU33digestibilityfeather meal–soybean meal productgoat kidgrowth performance
spellingShingle Tsung-Yu Lee
Yueh-Sheng Lee
Chean-Ping Wu
Kun-Wei Chan
Kuo-Lung Chen
<i>Bacillus amyloliquefaciens</i> CU33 Fermented Feather–Soybean Meal Product Improves the Crude Protein Digestibility, Diarrhea Status, and Growth Performance of Goat Kids
Animals
<i>Bacillus amyloliquefaciens</i> CU33
digestibility
feather meal–soybean meal product
goat kid
growth performance
title <i>Bacillus amyloliquefaciens</i> CU33 Fermented Feather–Soybean Meal Product Improves the Crude Protein Digestibility, Diarrhea Status, and Growth Performance of Goat Kids
title_full <i>Bacillus amyloliquefaciens</i> CU33 Fermented Feather–Soybean Meal Product Improves the Crude Protein Digestibility, Diarrhea Status, and Growth Performance of Goat Kids
title_fullStr <i>Bacillus amyloliquefaciens</i> CU33 Fermented Feather–Soybean Meal Product Improves the Crude Protein Digestibility, Diarrhea Status, and Growth Performance of Goat Kids
title_full_unstemmed <i>Bacillus amyloliquefaciens</i> CU33 Fermented Feather–Soybean Meal Product Improves the Crude Protein Digestibility, Diarrhea Status, and Growth Performance of Goat Kids
title_short <i>Bacillus amyloliquefaciens</i> CU33 Fermented Feather–Soybean Meal Product Improves the Crude Protein Digestibility, Diarrhea Status, and Growth Performance of Goat Kids
title_sort i bacillus amyloliquefaciens i cu33 fermented feather soybean meal product improves the crude protein digestibility diarrhea status and growth performance of goat kids
topic <i>Bacillus amyloliquefaciens</i> CU33
digestibility
feather meal–soybean meal product
goat kid
growth performance
url https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/14/19/2809
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