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Effects of dietary xylanase plus β-glucanase levels on total-tract nutrient and energy digestibility and N balance of growing pigs fed diets containing corn distillers dried grains

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The addition of corn distillers dried grains (corn-DDG) to pig diets has been limited due to concerns about fiber content. The aim of the present study was to determine the metabolizable energy of corn-DDG (Exp. I) and the dose-response effects of dietary xylanase plus β-glucanase on the nutrient and energy digestibility of growing pigs fed diets containing 25% corn-DDG (Exp. II). Pigs in individual cages were subjected to feeding periods of 5 days for voluntary feed intake quantification followed by 5 days for collection of feces and urine. In Exp. I, 10 castrated male pigs with 61.10 ± 3.25 kg BW distributed in a randomized complete block design experiment with five replications were fed a reference diet or a test diet (75% reference diet plus 25% corn-DDG). In Exp. II, 10 castrated male pigs with 29.69 ± 3.57 kg BW distributed in a Latin square design (two squares with four replicates in time) experiment were fed with 5 dietary xylanase plus β-glucanase levels (0, 50, 100, 200, or 400 mg/kg) added to diets formulated with 25% corn-DDG. The corn-DDG had 26.5% crude protein, 5.94% ether extract, 55.5% neutral detergent fiber (NDF), and 4.248 kcal/kg gross energy. The metabolizable energy of corn-DDG was 3.657 ± 189 kcal/kg. Increasing dietary xylanase plus β-glucanase quadratically influenced (P < 0.05) the NDF digestibility and digestible energy in growing pigs fed diets containing 25% corn-DDGS. Compared to the control, dietary xylanase plus β-glucanase addition increased digestibility and reduced metabolizability of crude protein. The addition of dietary xylanase plus β-glucanase to growing pig diets containing corn-DDG increased NDF digestibility, allowing for additional dietary energy and protein availability.

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This work was carried out with the support of the Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel — Brazil (CAPES) — Financing Code 001 (scholarship awarded to Bryan Francisco Castro Dereck).

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    Bryan Francisco Castro Dereck, Elias Giacomel, Caroline de Souza, Leonardo Willian de Freitas, Igor Willian Wrobel Straub, Anderson Corassa, Ana Paula Silva Ton & Maicon Sbardella

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All authors contributed to the study conception and design. Material preparation, data collection, and analysis were performed by B.F.C.D., E.G., C.d.S., L.W.d.F., and I.W.W.S. The first draft of the manuscript was written by B.F.C.D., and all authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All the authors have read and approved the final manuscript.

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Dereck, B.F.C., Giacomel, E., de Souza, C. et al. Effects of dietary xylanase plus β-glucanase levels on total-tract nutrient and energy digestibility and N balance of growing pigs fed diets containing corn distillers dried grains. Trop Anim Health Prod 55, 312 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-023-03725-x

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