In performance-oriented pig feeding, nutrient-rich and highly digestible diets are standard. In this context, the topic of "fibre" in pigs has long been associated with dilution of energy, reducing digestibility, feed conversion and performance. Currently, however, the perspective has changed and the importance of fibre for digestion, health and animal welfare is increasingly in focus. This view...
The comments on detailing table 4 toward the end of the article do not make sense. It mentions that pigs fed diets high in soluble fiber had reduced feed intakes and gain when the opposite is true as per the table.
da g Thanks for that comment! You are right - but in the table the data has been reversed, sorry for that. I will check if they can publish a corrected Version of the article.
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I'm surprised that there is no mention of Mannans in this article because ey are surely the most interesting components of Fibre, Mannan Products, e.g. MOS, were the first widely used Pre-biotics in Farm Animals, and are also used in Human Medicine in Japan. Mannans are present in significant amounts in many feed ingredients, especially Yeast, Soy Bean and Palm Kernel. Interestingly, Solubility of Mannans varies greatly, depending on source. Soy Bean's Soluble Mannans are well known for causing viscosity problems.
This is an under-explored area of animal nutrition - what the various fibers can do at different stages of production. Thank you for this data. There is certainly room for high-quality, lower inclusion rate ingredients that can be fermented, etc. Certainly processing plays several roles here, many of which are currently unknown.
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