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Effects of Plant Polysaccharides Combined with Boric Acid on Digestive Function, Immune Function, and Harmful Gas and Heavy Metal Contents in Faeces of Finishing Pigs
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: Received: 5 December 2023 / Approved: 7 December 2023 / Online: 7 December 2023 (16:44:22 CET)
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Deng, J.; Zhang, F.; Fan, H.; Zheng, Y.; Zhao, C.; Ren, M.; Jin, E.; Gu, Y. Effects of Plant Polysaccharides Combined with Boric Acid on Digestive Function, Immune Function, and Harmful Gas and Heavy Metal Contents in Faeces of Finishing Pigs. Preprints2023, 2023120485. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202312.0485.v1
Deng, J.; Zhang, F.; Fan, H.; Zheng, Y.; Zhao, C.; Ren, M.; Jin, E.; Gu, Y. Effects of Plant Polysaccharides Combined with Boric Acid on Digestive Function, Immune Function, and Harmful Gas and Heavy Metal Contents in Faeces of Finishing Pigs. Preprints 2023, 2023120485. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202312.0485.v1
Deng, J.; Zhang, F.; Fan, H.; Zheng, Y.; Zhao, C.; Ren, M.; Jin, E.; Gu, Y. Effects of Plant Polysaccharides Combined with Boric Acid on Digestive Function, Immune Function, and Harmful Gas and Heavy Metal Contents in Faeces of Finishing Pigs. Preprints2023, 2023120485. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202312.0485.v1
APA Style
Deng, J., Zhang, F., Fan, H., Zheng, Y., Zhao, C., Ren, M., Jin, E., & Gu, Y. (2023). Effects of Plant Polysaccharides Combined with Boric Acid on Digestive Function, Immune Function, and Harmful Gas and Heavy Metal Contents in Faeces of Finishing Pigs. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202312.0485.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Deng, J., Erhui Jin and Youfang Gu. 2023 "Effects of Plant Polysaccharides Combined with Boric Acid on Digestive Function, Immune Function, and Harmful Gas and Heavy Metal Contents in Faeces of Finishing Pigs" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202312.0485.v1
Abstract
To investigate the effects of plant polysaccharides combined with boric acid on digestive function, immune function, and harmful gas and heavy metal contents in faeces of finishing pigs, for this study, 90 healthy three-way cross-bred pigs were selected and randomly divided into five groups: Con) A control, fed basic feed; BA) fed basic feed supplemented with 40 mg/kg of boric acid; BA+APS) fed basic feed supplemented with 40 mg/kg of boric acid and 400 mg/kg of Astragalus polysaccharides; BA+GLP) fed basic feed supplemented with 40 mg/kg of boric acid with 200 mg/kg of Ganoderma lucidum polysaccharides; and BA+EPS) fed basic feed supplemented with 40 mg/kg of boric acid and 500 mg/kg of Echinacea polysaccharides. Compared with the Con, the average daily gain (ADG) and trypsin activity were higher in BA, along with there being increased glutathione peroxidase (p < 0.05); furthermore, lower malondialdehyde content and harmful substance emissions from manure were observed (p < 0.05). Compared with BA, increases in ADG, gain-to-feed ratio (G/F), trypsin, and maltase activities were observed in BA+EPS (p < 0.05), as well as a lower NH3 emissions (p < 0.05). Compared with BA, BA+APS exhibited higher ADG, average daily feed intake (ADFI), G/F, trypsin, and maltase activities (p < 0.05), while H2S emissions were lower (p < 0.05). And Taken together, our findings reveal that supplementation with boric acid and plant polysaccharides in the diet of finishing pigs synergistically improved their growth performance, trypsin and maltase activities, and immune function, while also discovered the intestinal digestive enzymes, serum inflammatory factors, oxidative stress responseand emissions of harmful gases and heavy metals from feces and urine were tightly related, further reducing the impact of fecal pollution generated by modern animal husbandry on the environment.
Biology and Life Sciences, Animal Science, Veterinary Science and Zoology
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