Acta Veterinaria et Zootechnica Sinica ›› 2025, Vol. 56 ›› Issue (8): 3893-3907.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2025.08.028

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Effect of Drying Method on Determination of Amino Acid Digestibility of Pig Feed by Biomimetic Method

CAO Ning1(), ZHANG Hu1, WANG Junli1, SA Renna1, ZHAO Feng1, XIE Jingjing1, GAO Lixiang2, ZHAO Jiangtao2, DONG Ying2, WANG Yuming1,*()   

  1. 1. State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition and Feeding, Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
    2. Wen′s Food Group Co., Ltd., Yunfu 527400, China
  • Received:2024-09-10 Online:2025-08-23 Published:2025-08-28
  • Contact: WANG Yuming E-mail:cn15832397461@163.com;wangyuming@caas.cn

Abstract:

This study was conducted to investigate the effects of 6 drying methods on the determination of amino acid digestibility (AAD) and its additivity in pig feed by using the bionic digestion method, in order to provide a reference for the establishment of rapid evaluation method for the amino acid efficacy of feeds. Randomized block design was employed in this experiment. Five experimental diets, including 4 commonly used feed ingredients for pigs: corn, wheat, soybean meal, and wheat bran, and a complete diet formulated with the above 4 ingredients, were digested in simulated digestion system (SDS-Ⅲ). The residues from the in vitro digestion were dried by using 6 drying methods: Treatment 1 (Trt1): Air drying at 55 ℃ with concurrent moisture measurement; Treatment 2 (Trt2): Air drying at 55 ℃ followed by oven drying at 105℃; Treatment 3 (Trt3): Air drying at 65 ℃ with concurrent moisture measurement; Treatment 4 (Trt4): Air drying at 65 ℃ followed by oven drying at 105℃; Treatment 5 (Trt5): Air drying at 65 ℃ (add 2 mL 1 mol·L-1 HCl) followed by oven drying at 105℃; Treatment 6 (Trt6): Freeze drying. Samples dried by different methods were weighed, the amino acid contents were determined, and dry matter digestibility (DMD) and AAD were calculated. The values were corrected to the true digestibility levels using endogenous losses measured with nitrogen-free diet. Each treatment had 5 replicates per diet, with 1 digestion tube per replicate. The results showed that: 1) There were no significant differences in DMD of corn, wheat, and complete diet among the 6 drying methods (P>0.05). However, the DMD of soybean meal in Trt6 was greater compared to Trt2, Trt4, and Trt5 (P < 0.05), the DMD of wheat bran in Trt3, Trt5 were greater than the other 3 treatments (P < 0.05); 2) On soybean meal and complete diet, no significant difference was observed in AAD among the 6 drying methods (P>0.05). On corn, the AAD in Trt3, Trt6 was lower than that in Trt5 (P < 0.05). On wheat, the AAD in Trt1 and Trt3 were greater than other 4 treatments (P < 0.05). On wheat bran, the AAD in Trt3, Trt4 and Trt5 were greater than other 3 treatments (P < 0.05). Additionally, the analysis results taken the test samples as block group showed that, there was no significant difference in AAD among the 6 drying methods (P>0.05). 3) The relative deviations between the calculated and determined values of digestible amino acid content in the complete diet were less than 5% for Trt2 and Trt6, and the slopes were not significantly different from Y=X (P>0.05). In conclusion, when evaluating the AAD of pig feeds using the biomimetic digestion method, the drying method of air drying at 55 ℃ followed by oven drying at 105℃ to treat the digestion residues is similar to freeze drying, and exhibits good additivity.

Key words: biomimetic digestion, amino acid digestibility, drying method, additivity, growing pigs

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