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Van Dijk, A.J. et al.

Van Dijk, Margry, Van Der Lee, Hemke, Beynen,

Growth performance and health status in weanling piglets fed spray-dried porcine plasma under typical Northern European conditions.

The effect of inclusion of spray-dried porcine plasma (SDPP) in diets for weanling piglets was studied. The objectives were to determine whether SDPP would have positive effects on post-weaning piglet performance and health under typical Northern European conditions. In experiment 1, 160 weanling piglets were assigned randomly to a control diet or a diet containing 3% SDPP, which was added at the expense of both fishmeal and dried skim milk. In experiment 2, 264 weanling piglets were assigned to a control diet containing whey protein, a diet without whey protein but with SDPP or a diet containing both whey protein and SDPP. In essence, SDPP was added to the test diets at the expense of either whey protein or fishmeal. Piglets were fed the diets for 3 weeks. In experiment 1, the piglets fed the SDPP diet had a 7% higher average daily gain (ADG) and a 4% lower feed conversion ratio (FCR) (p < 0.05) during the first 3 weeks after weaning than did those fed the control diet. There were no differences in leucocyte counts or gamma-globulin. In experiment 2 there were no significant differences in ADG and FCR among the dietary treatments. It is concluded that low amounts of SDPP in weanling diets can have positive effects on growth performance under Northern European conditions.[1]

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Growth performance and health status in weanling piglets fed spray-dried porcine plasma under typical Northern European conditions. Van Dijk, A.J., Margry, R.J., Van Der Lee, A.G., Hemke, G., Beynen, A.C. Journal of animal physiology and animal nutrition. (2002) [Pubmed]

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