Indian Journal of Animal Research

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Indian Journal of Animal Research, volume 54 issue 6 (june 2020) : 703-708

Effect of capsaicin and capsaicin plus DL-methionine hydroxy analog in diet on growth performance and gastrointestinal conditions of nursery pigs 

Siriporn Namted, Theerawit Poeikhampha, Choawit Rakangthong, Chaiyapoom Bunchasak
1Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Cite article:- Namted Siriporn, Poeikhampha Theerawit, Rakangthong Choawit, Bunchasak Chaiyapoom (2019). Effect of capsaicin and capsaicin plus DL-methionine hydroxy analog in diet on growth performance and gastrointestinal conditions of nursery pigs. Indian Journal of Animal Research. 54(6): 703-708. doi: 10.18805/ijar.B-1020.

ABSTRACT

The study was conducted to determine the effect of supplemental capsaicin (CS) or capsaicin plus DL-methionine hydroxy analog (CS+LMA) in diets on growth performance and gastrointestinal conditions of nursery pigs. Seventy-two castrated male piglets (BW 7.79 ± 0.02 kg) were offered diets for 6 weeks as follows: 1) control diet, 2) control diet with capsaicin 2.5 ppm (CS), and 3) control diet with capsaicin 2.5 ppm plus DL-LMA 0.05 % (CS+LMA). The dietary treatments did not influence growth performance, gastrointestinal pH and the bacterial population in the caecum (P>0.05). However, in the caecum, number of Lactobacillus spp. tended to increase (P=0.09), and lactic acid concentration was increased (P<0.05) by CS+LMA supplementation. The supplemental CS or CS+LMA increased the villus height (P<0.01), and CS+LMA supplementation increased the crypt depth (P<0.05) in the segment of duodenum compared to the control group. The blood urea nitrogen (BUN) was not influenced by CS or CSLMA supplementations (P>0.05). In conclusion, supplementing CS improved the small intestinal morphology, and there were synergistic effects on the duodenal crypt depth and caecal lactic acid when LMA was combined with CS.

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