Acta Veterinaria et Zootechnica Sinica ›› 2025, Vol. 56 ›› Issue (7): 3290-3304.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2025.07.022

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Effects of Golden Buckwheat Stem and Leaf Meal on Nutrient Apparent Digestibility, Serum Biochemical Indices, Fecal Microflora Composition of Gannan Tibetan Sows

XIONG Pingwen1(), XU Chuanhui1, AI Gaoxiang1, JI Huayuan1, HU Yan2, CHEN Jiang1, SONG Qiongli1, SONG Wenjing1, CHEN Xiaolian1, CHEN Xiaolian1,*(), ZOU Zhiheng1,*(), CHEN Hehong3   

  1. 1. Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Animal Green and Healthy Breeding of Livestock and Poultry, Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science, Jiangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanchang 330200, China
    2. Institute of Animal Husbandry and Aquaculture of Ganzhou City, Ganzhou 341401, China
    3. Anyuan County Dazhu Lake Ecological Agriculture Co., Ltd, Ganzhou 342111, China
  • Received:2024-07-29 Online:2025-07-23 Published:2025-07-25
  • Contact: CHEN Xiaolian, ZOU Zhiheng E-mail:xiongpingwen1990@163.com;xiaolianchen@126.com;zouzhihengxms@163.com

Abstract:

This experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of golden buckwheat stem and leaf meal (GBSLM) supplementation in Gannan Tibetan primiparous sows diet by determining nutrient apparent digestibility, serum biochemical indices and fecal microflora composition. Eighteen healthy pregnant primiparous Gannan Tibetan sows with similar body condition and expected delivery date were randomly allocated to 3 groups with 6 replicates in per group and 1 pig in per replicate. Pigs in the control group (CON group) were fed only the basal diet, while the other groups (T1 and T2 groups) were fed the basal diets supplemented with 10% and 20% GBSLM, respectively. The trial period was from day 70 of gestation to 28 day after delivery. The results showed that: 1) Compared with the CON group, the apparent digestibility of gross energy (GE) and dry matter (DM) of sows at 105 day of gestation in T1 and T2 groups were significantly increased (P < 0.05), ether extract (EE) and phorsphorous in T1 group increased significantly (P < 0.05), while the apparent digestibility of crude protein (CP) in T2 group was pronouncedly decreased (P < 0.05). At 15 day after delivery, sows in T2 group had significantly higher apparent digestibility of GE, DM, EE and Ash than those of the CON group (P < 0.05). 2) In comparison to the CON group, the T1 and T2 groups dramatically heighted the TP content (P < 0.05) and lowered the GLU content (P < 0.05) in serum of sows after day 105 of gestation. 3) Firmicutes, Bacteroidota and Spirochaetota were the dominant bacteria phyla shared by the three groups. On the 105th day of pregnancy, the relative abundance of Bacteroidota in feces of sows in T1 and T2 groups were markedly higher than that in CON group (P < 0.05). Although the relative abundance of Firmicutes were lower in the T1 and T2 groups compared to the CON group, no significant effects were observed (P>0.05). Furthermore, contrasted with the CON group, the T2 group statistically diminished the relative abundance of Actinobacteria in feces of sows at day 15 after parturition (P < 0.05). Streptococcus, Clostridium_sensu_stricto_1 and Terrisporobacter were the dominant genera shared by the three groups. Moreover, on the 105th day of pregnancy, the T1 and T2 groups had an apparently higher fecal UCG-005, Rikenellaceae_RC9_ gut_group and Prevotellaceae_NK3B31_group relative abundance (P < 0.05) and an obviously lower fecal Streptococcus relative abundance compared to the CON group (P < 0.05). In conclusion, diets supplemented with GBSLM are conducive to elevating the apparent nutrients digestibility of GE, DM, EE, P and Ash, increasing the serum level of TP, regulating the richness and diversity of intestinal flora in Gannan Tibetan sows. Under the conditions of this experiment, GBSLM can be used in the diet of Gannan Tibetan sows and the addition of 10% GBSLM is the optimal dose.

Key words: golden buckwheat stem and leaf meal, Gannan Tibetan sows, apparent nutrient digestibility, serum biochemical indices, fecal microorganisms

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