期刊
ARCHIVES OF ANIMAL NUTRITION
卷 69, 期 1, 页码 17-29出版社
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/1745039X.2014.995972
关键词
tryptophan; E. coli; pigs; kynurenine; infection; acute-phase proteins; diarrhoea
资金
- Australian Research Council-Linkage Project [LP110100399]
- Evonik Industries AG
- Nutreco Nederland B.V.
- Australian Research Council [LP110100399] Funding Source: Australian Research Council
This experiment examined if immune system stimulation of weaner pigs, initiated by inoculation an enterotoxigenic strain of Escherichia coli (ETEC), increased the requirement for dietary tryptophan (Trp), modulated the inflammatory response, altered plasma levels of Trp and its metabolite kynurenine (Kyn) and effected post-weaning diarrhoea. Individually housed pigs (n=72) weaned at 21 d of age were allocated to one of six treatments (n=12) according to a two by three factorial arrangement of (1) with or without ETEC infection and (2) three dietary ratios of standardised ileal digestible (SID) Trp to lysine (Lys) (SID Trp:Lys) of 0.16, 0.20 or 0.24, in a completely randomised block design. Pigs had ad libitum access to diets (per kg 14.13 MJ ME, 12.4g SID Lys, 195g crude protein) for 3weeks after weaning. Pigs were infected with ETEC (O149:K98:K88) at 72, 96 and 120h after weaning and then bled on day 3, 11 and 19. An increased dietary Trp:Lys ratio increased plasma Trp and Kyn (p<0.001) without effect of infection. On day 3, pigs fed 0.24 SID Trp:Lys had lower levels of plasma urea than at 0.20 Trp:Lys (p=0.047) and on day 11, plasma urea was lower at 0.20 than at 0.16 SID Trp:Lys (p=0.007). Infection increased (p=0.039) the diarrhoea index and deteriorated faecal consistency from day 4-10 (p<0.05). Treatments did not affect haptoglobin and acid soluble glycoprotein levels or daily gain and feed intake. However, 0.24 SID Trp:Lys improved (p=0.021) feed efficiency without an effect of infection. In conclusion, in the absence of dietary antibiotic growth promotants, increasing the dietary SID Trp:Lys ratio to 0.24 improved feed conversion ratio after weaning and increased plasma levels of Trp and Kyn regardless of infection with E. coli.
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