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Journal of Integrative Agriculture  2011, Vol. 10 Issue (6): 938-945    DOI: 10.1016/S1671-2927(11)60079-5
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Effect of Dietary Supplementation with Hydrolyzed Wheat Gluten on Growth Performance, Cell Immunity and Serum Biochemical Indices of Weaned Piglets (Sus scrofa)
WANG Xiu-qi1, 2*, FENG You1, 2*, SHU Gang1, 2*, JIANG Qing-yan1, 2, YANG Jing-pei1 and ZHANG Zi-feng3
 1 College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, P.R.China
 2 Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Agro-Animal Genomics and Molecular Breeding, Guangzhou 510642, P.R.China
 3 Zhengzhou Newwill Nutrition Technology Co., Ltd., Zhengzhou 450000, P.R.China
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摘要  To investigate the effects of dietary supplementation with hydrolyzed wheat gluten (HWG) on growth performance, cell immunity and serum biochemical indices of weaned piglets, 160 crossed (Large White x Landrace) and weaned piglets were randomly divided into 4 treatments with 4 replicates of 10 piglets each. The piglets in each treatment were fed an experimental diet containing either 0 g kg-1 HWG (control group), 30 g kg-1 HWG (3% HWG group), 50 g kg-1 HWG (5% HWG group), or 2.5 g kg-1 glycyl-L-glutamine (0.25% Gly-Gln group). The results showed that the diarrhea rates in 3% HWG and 5% HWG groups were significantly lower than in control group from d 1 to 14 (P<0.05). When compared with control group, dietary supplementation with 3% HWG increased the ratio of CD4 +:CD8 + and the ratio of serum albumin and globulin concentrations (A:G) on d 14 and 28, as well as the proliferation of T- and B-lymphocytes (P>0.05) on d 28. In addition, on d 14 and 28, the A:G ratio in 5% HWG group was significantly higher than in control group (P0.05). Interestingly, 0.25% Gly-Gln group had higher proportion of CD3 + (P>0.05) and CD4 + (P<0.05) on d 14 than control group, but growth performances of 0.25% Gly-Gln group were negatively affected at all experiment stages. These results suggested that HWG might improve the growth performance of piglets by strengthening cell immunity and decreasing the occurrence of diarrhea during the prophase after weaning.

Abstract  To investigate the effects of dietary supplementation with hydrolyzed wheat gluten (HWG) on growth performance, cell immunity and serum biochemical indices of weaned piglets, 160 crossed (Large White x Landrace) and weaned piglets were randomly divided into 4 treatments with 4 replicates of 10 piglets each. The piglets in each treatment were fed an experimental diet containing either 0 g kg-1 HWG (control group), 30 g kg-1 HWG (3% HWG group), 50 g kg-1 HWG (5% HWG group), or 2.5 g kg-1 glycyl-L-glutamine (0.25% Gly-Gln group). The results showed that the diarrhea rates in 3% HWG and 5% HWG groups were significantly lower than in control group from d 1 to 14 (P<0.05). When compared with control group, dietary supplementation with 3% HWG increased the ratio of CD4 +:CD8 + and the ratio of serum albumin and globulin concentrations (A:G) on d 14 and 28, as well as the proliferation of T- and B-lymphocytes (P>0.05) on d 28. In addition, on d 14 and 28, the A:G ratio in 5% HWG group was significantly higher than in control group (P0.05). Interestingly, 0.25% Gly-Gln group had higher proportion of CD3 + (P>0.05) and CD4 + (P<0.05) on d 14 than control group, but growth performances of 0.25% Gly-Gln group were negatively affected at all experiment stages. These results suggested that HWG might improve the growth performance of piglets by strengthening cell immunity and decreasing the occurrence of diarrhea during the prophase after weaning.
Keywords:  hydrolyzed wheat gluten      weaned piglets      growth performance      cell immunity      serum biochemical indices  
Received: 10 June 2011   Online: 10 June 2011   Accepted:
Corresponding Authors:  WANG Xiu-qi     E-mail:  xqwang@scau.edu.cn
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