Article
Effect of xylanase supplementation of diets containing wheat distiller's dried grains with solubles on energy, amino acid and phosphorus digestibility and growth performance of grower-finisher pigs
Canadian Journal of Animal Science
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
3-1-2009
DOI
10.4141/CJAS08103
Abstract
Wheat-based diets with or without wheat distiller's dried grains with solubles (DDGS) were tested with or without supplementary xylanase (4000 U kg-1 feed) in a 2 2 factorial arrangement. In eight ileal-cannulated barrows, xylanase improved the apparent ileal digestibility of energy and threonine in wheat (P < 0.05), but not in wheat DDGS diets (P > 0.10). Xylanase did not affect total tract digestibility of energy or P (P > 0.10). In 72 grower-finisher pigs, xylanase did not increase growth performance of pigs fed either wheat or wheat DDGS (P > 0.10). The differential response of supplementary xylanase to wheat versus wheat DDGS diets indicates that the arabinoxylans in wheat DDGS did not match the specific xylanase activity.
Copyright Owner
Canadian Science Publishing
Copyright Date
2009
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Citation Information
G. P. Widyaratne, John F. Patience and R. T. Zijlstra. "Effect of xylanase supplementation of diets containing wheat distiller's dried grains with solubles on energy, amino acid and phosphorus digestibility and growth performance of grower-finisher pigs" Canadian Journal of Animal Science Vol. 89 Iss. 1 (2009) p. 91 - 95 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/john-patience/134/
This article is published as Widyaratne, G. P., J. F. Patience, and R. T. Zijlstra. "Effect of xylanase supplementation of diets containing wheat distiller's dried grains with solubles on energy, amino acid and phosphorus digestibility and growth performance of grower-finisher pigs." Canadian journal of animal science 89, no. 1 (2009): 91-95. doi:10.4141/CJAS08103. Posted with permission.