The effect of feeding different glycerol sources on the performance of lactating sows

dc.creatorVida, Orsolya
dc.creatorEgri, Borisz
dc.creatorTóth, Tamás
dc.date2018-12-28
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-28T10:52:25Z
dc.date.available2021-06-28T10:52:25Z
dc.descriptionGlycerol is a by-product of the biodiesel industry and it might be a good alternative to moderate the energy deficiency of sows during the lactation period. Preliminary experiments were carried out to test the effect of a powder, solid based “food grade” glycerol source with 72.9% glycerol content (Trial 1) and a liquid “feed grade” glycerol source with 86% glycerol content (Trial 2) on the performance of lactating sows and their litters. Trial 1 was conducted with 5 Hungarian Large White×Hungarian Landrace sows/treatment (313±24.9 kg) and Trial 2 with 12–12 DanAvl (323±17.0 kg) sows and their litters/treatment. Neither the solid, powder based glycerol (Trial 1), nor the liquid glycerol source (Trial 2) had significant effect on the feed intake, reduction in live weight and back-fat thickness, and weaning-tooestrus interval (p>0.05) of lactating sows. In Trial 2, on the 14th, 21st and 27th days of lactation the milk samples were collected and it was found that 50 kg/t glycerol decreased the protein content of milk samples (p<0.05). Glycerol supplementation had no effect on dry matter, fat, lactose content of milk samples (p>0.05). In Trial 2, no significant difference was found between control and experimental sow groups in triglyceride concentration of blood samples and in the activity of liver enzymes (ALT, AST, GGT; p>0.05), but the concentration of plasma glucose and cholesterol increased tendentiously (p<0.10). Based on our preliminary results, it can be concluded that additional dose trials are needed to perform in order to study the effect of glycerol supplement on milk production and on metabolic processes of lactating sows.
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dc.identifierhttps://ojs.lib.unideb.hu/actaagrar/article/view/1654
dc.identifier10.34101/actaagrar/75/1654
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2437/315542
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherFaculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences and Enviromental Management of the Debrecen University, Debrecen.
dc.relationhttps://ojs.lib.unideb.hu/actaagrar/article/view/1654/2340
dc.sourceActa Agraria Debreceniensis; No. 75 (2018); 99-103
dc.source2416-1640
dc.source1587-1282
dc.subjectsow
dc.subjectlactation
dc.subjectglycerol
dc.titleThe effect of feeding different glycerol sources on the performance of lactating sows
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
dc.typePeer-reviewed Article
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