Authors : Wang Shengping, Jun Fang, Tang Xiangshan, Wang Jie, Zhichun Zhan, Ying Zhou, Xiaosong Wu, Dingding Su, Gang Liu, Jiannan Ding and Lichuang Cai
Abstract: NSP is the major factor introducing a low digestibility of cottonseed meal in piglets. The present study was conducted to determine the effect of NSP enzyme on the nutrient digestibility of weaned piglets fed a cottonseed meal-based diets. About 15 weaned piglets (14±1.4 kg) were selected and ileal fistula surgery was done to determine the DE, CP, DM and NSP’s apparent digestibility. The results indicated that NSP enzyme improved piglet’s apparent digestibility (p<0.05) in varying degrees; pectinase resulted in obvious degradation of the cell wall and increased piglets’ DE (26.69%) and CP of ileal digesta (20.33%) and compound enzyme was better in improving cottonseed meal based diets than single enzyme.
Wang Shengping, Jun Fang, Tang Xiangshan, Wang Jie, Zhichun Zhan, Ying Zhou, Xiaosong Wu, Dingding Su, Gang Liu, Jiannan Ding and Lichuang Cai, 2012. Non-Starch Polysaccharides (NSP) Enzyme Improves the Nutrient Digestibility of Weaned Piglet Fed a Cottonseed Meal-Based Diets. Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances, 11: 2976-2979.