Effect of lysolecithin supplementation on fat digestibility and growth performance of pre-starter and starter pigs

Date

3-2013

Degree

Bachelor of Science in Agriculture

Major Course

Major in Animal Science

College

College of Agriculture and Food Science (CAFS)

Adviser/Committee Chair

Jay Ronel V. Conejos

Committee Member

Cesar C. Sevilla Domingo E. Angeles

Abstract

The study was conducted to evaluate the effect of supplemental lysolecithin on fat digestibility and growth performance of pre-starter and starter pigs. The feeding trial was conducted using twelve four-week old pigs allotted to three dietary treatments following a Completely Randomized Design. The three dietary treatments, consisting of control (basal) diet, basal diet + 0.1% lysolecithin, and basal diet + 0.2% lysolecithin, were subjected to a digestibility trial. The apparent coefficient of digestibility (aCOD) of ether extract (EE) and gross energy (GE), and digestible energy (DE) of pre-starter pigs improved significantly with the addition of lysolecithin. However, there were no significant differences on growth performance of pre-starter pigs. The aCOD of dry matter (DM), EE and GE as well as DE and growth performance of starter pigs were not significantly different among treatments. The overall growth performance of young pigs were significantly better when fed diets with 0.1% lysolecithin.

Language

English

Location

UPLB College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM)

Call Number

LG 993.5 2013 A3 D56

Document Type

Thesis

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