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Dietary addition of fermented sorghum distiller’s dried grains with soluble improves carcass traits and meat quality in growing-finishing pigs

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The fermented sorghum distiller’s dried grain with soluble (FS-DDGS) contains numerous nutrients, yet its nutritional effects on growing-finishing pigs remain unclear. The present study evaluated the effects of dietary FS-DDGS addition on growth performance, carcass traits, and meat quality in growing-finishing pigs. A total of 48 healthy male crossbred (Large White × Landrace × Duroc) barrows with initial body weight (BW) of 39.95 ± 2.15 kg were allocated to one of four dietary treatments (12 pigs per treatment). The dietary treatments were as follows: basal diet without (FS-DDGS0 group) or with 50 g/kg (FS-DDGS50 group), 100 g/kg (FS-DDGS100 group), or 150 g/kg (FS-DDGS150 group) FS-DDGS, respectively. Results showed that there were no significant differences in the final BW, average daily gain, average daily feed intake, and feed to gain ratio among these four groups. However, dietary FS-DDGS addition increased (linear, P < 0.05) the pH24h value, contents of ash, crude protein, and proline in Longissimus dorsi muscle, and alanine, arginine, aspartic acid, glutamic acid, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, serine, and tyrosine in Biceps femoris (BF) muscle, when compared with the control group. In addition, dietary FS-DDGS addition decreased (linear, P < 0.05) the drip loss, yellowness (b*) value, and lightness (L*) value, while quadratically improved (P < 0.05) the total bone percentage and glycine and proline contents in BF muscle compared with the control group. Collectively, these findings suggested that dietary FS-DDGS addition could improve the carcass traits and meat quality in growing-finishing pigs although further research is needed to explore the underlying mechanisms.

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We thank staffs and postgraduate students from Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Nutritional Physiology and Metabolic Process for collecting samples and technicians from CAS Key Laboratory of Agro-ecological Processes in Subtropical Region for providing technical assistance.

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The present study was jointly supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31772613, China), Special Funds for Construction of Innovative Provinces in Hunan Province (2019RS3022, China), and Collaboration Project of Road Biological (Gulin) Co., Ltd. (Luzhou, China).

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  1. Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Nutritional Physiology and Metabolic Process, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha, 410125, China

    Huawei Li, Yehui Duan, Fugui Yin, Qian Zhu, Chengjun Hu, Peifeng Xie, Fengna Li & Xiangfeng Kong

  2. Wuhan Polytechnic University, Wuhan, 430023, China

    Huawei Li & Lingying Wu

  3. Road Biological Technology (Gulin) Co., Ltd, Luzhou, 646509, China

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HL, YD, FY, FL, and XK performed sampling and nutrient measurements, analyzed data, interpreted the results, and drafted the manuscript; QZ, CH, and PX conducted animal feeding and sampling; RC prepared the FS-DDGS; XK and LW contributed to experimental concepts and design.

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Li, H., Duan, Y., Yin, F. et al. Dietary addition of fermented sorghum distiller’s dried grains with soluble improves carcass traits and meat quality in growing-finishing pigs. Trop Anim Health Prod 54, 97 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-022-03089-8

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