Effects of increasing dietary lysine and energy levels on growth efficiency, nutrient absorption, and meat carcass traits in growing-finishing pigs

This study was executed to estimate the impacts of increasing dietary standardized ileal digestible (SID) lysine and net energy levels on growth, nutrient absorption, and meat carcass traits in growing-finishing pigs. In total, 90 pigs [(Yorkshire × Landrace) × Duroc] were erratically dispensed to 3...

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Main Authors: Sarbani Biswas, De Xin Dang, Sungbo Cho, Dae-Kyung Kang, In Ho Kim
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Published: Korean Society of Animal Sciences and Technology 2025-01-01
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Online Access:http://www.ejast.org/archive/view_article?doi=10.5187/jast.2023.e118
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author Sarbani Biswas
De Xin Dang
Sungbo Cho
Dae-Kyung Kang
In Ho Kim
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In Ho Kim
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description This study was executed to estimate the impacts of increasing dietary standardized ileal digestible (SID) lysine and net energy levels on growth, nutrient absorption, and meat carcass traits in growing-finishing pigs. In total, 90 pigs [(Yorkshire × Landrace) × Duroc] were erratically dispensed to 3 treatments (6 replicate/treatment) with 5 pigs (3 barrows and 2 gilts) per pen, and their average primary body weight was 20.51± 0.02 kg. The trial period was 16 weeks (growing stage, initial to week 8; finishing stage, week 8 to week 16). The dietary treatments used included control (CON) as the basal diet, TRT1 (basal diet + 0.05% SID lysine), and TRT2 (basal diet + 0.05% SID lysine + 0.084 MJ/kg net energy) for both the growing and finishing stages. Both the TRT1 and TRT2 group diets improved (p = 0.033) average daily gain (ADG) at week 12 and tended to enhance (p = 0.088) body weight at week 12 and ADG at the overall period compared to the CON group. Moreover, pigs in the TRT2 group had higher backfat thickness (p = 0.034) at week 12 in comparison to the TRT1 and CON diets. Nevertheless, no treatment effect was found (p > 0.05) in nutrient absorption or carcass grade among the dietary treatments. Hence, incorporating the increasing level of 0.05% SID lysine and 0.084 MJ/kg net energy into the pig diet during the growing and finishing stages can be considered a suitable approach for enhancing both growth efficiency and carcass backfat thickness in pigs.
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spelling doaj-art-957bce44fa4e4c26a8d12f5d41184ce22025-08-20T03:01:07ZengKorean Society of Animal Sciences and TechnologyJournal of Animal Science and Technology2672-01912055-03912025-01-016719610510.5187/jast.2023.e118Effects of increasing dietary lysine and energy levels on growth efficiency, nutrient absorption, and meat carcass traits in growing-finishing pigsSarbani Biswas0De Xin Dang1Sungbo Cho2Dae-Kyung Kang3In Ho Kim4Department of Animal Resource and Science, Dankook University, Cheonan 31116, KoreaDepartment of Animal Resource and Science, Dankook University, Cheonan 31116, KoreaDepartment of Animal Resource and Science, Dankook University, Cheonan 31116, KoreaDepartment of Animal Resource and Science, Dankook University, Cheonan 31116, KoreaDepartment of Animal Resource and Science, Dankook University, Cheonan 31116, KoreaThis study was executed to estimate the impacts of increasing dietary standardized ileal digestible (SID) lysine and net energy levels on growth, nutrient absorption, and meat carcass traits in growing-finishing pigs. In total, 90 pigs [(Yorkshire × Landrace) × Duroc] were erratically dispensed to 3 treatments (6 replicate/treatment) with 5 pigs (3 barrows and 2 gilts) per pen, and their average primary body weight was 20.51± 0.02 kg. The trial period was 16 weeks (growing stage, initial to week 8; finishing stage, week 8 to week 16). The dietary treatments used included control (CON) as the basal diet, TRT1 (basal diet + 0.05% SID lysine), and TRT2 (basal diet + 0.05% SID lysine + 0.084 MJ/kg net energy) for both the growing and finishing stages. Both the TRT1 and TRT2 group diets improved (p = 0.033) average daily gain (ADG) at week 12 and tended to enhance (p = 0.088) body weight at week 12 and ADG at the overall period compared to the CON group. Moreover, pigs in the TRT2 group had higher backfat thickness (p = 0.034) at week 12 in comparison to the TRT1 and CON diets. Nevertheless, no treatment effect was found (p > 0.05) in nutrient absorption or carcass grade among the dietary treatments. Hence, incorporating the increasing level of 0.05% SID lysine and 0.084 MJ/kg net energy into the pig diet during the growing and finishing stages can be considered a suitable approach for enhancing both growth efficiency and carcass backfat thickness in pigs. http://www.ejast.org/archive/view_article?doi=10.5187/jast.2023.e118Carcass traitsEnergyGrowing-finishing pigLysinePerformance
spellingShingle Sarbani Biswas
De Xin Dang
Sungbo Cho
Dae-Kyung Kang
In Ho Kim
Effects of increasing dietary lysine and energy levels on growth efficiency, nutrient absorption, and meat carcass traits in growing-finishing pigs
Journal of Animal Science and Technology
Carcass traits
Energy
Growing-finishing pig
Lysine
Performance
title Effects of increasing dietary lysine and energy levels on growth efficiency, nutrient absorption, and meat carcass traits in growing-finishing pigs
title_full Effects of increasing dietary lysine and energy levels on growth efficiency, nutrient absorption, and meat carcass traits in growing-finishing pigs
title_fullStr Effects of increasing dietary lysine and energy levels on growth efficiency, nutrient absorption, and meat carcass traits in growing-finishing pigs
title_full_unstemmed Effects of increasing dietary lysine and energy levels on growth efficiency, nutrient absorption, and meat carcass traits in growing-finishing pigs
title_short Effects of increasing dietary lysine and energy levels on growth efficiency, nutrient absorption, and meat carcass traits in growing-finishing pigs
title_sort effects of increasing dietary lysine and energy levels on growth efficiency nutrient absorption and meat carcass traits in growing finishing pigs
topic Carcass traits
Energy
Growing-finishing pig
Lysine
Performance
url http://www.ejast.org/archive/view_article?doi=10.5187/jast.2023.e118
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