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標題: 保持斷奶時大窩的仔豬的生長性能(2) [打印本頁]
作者: 牧童 時間: 2015-5-17 22:13
標題: 保持斷奶時大窩的仔豬的生長性能(2)
3. Water intake
It is vitally important to encourage piglets to maintain fluid intake post-weaning. It can take more than a week after weaning for the pig to restore its daily fluid intake to the equivalent of that on the day prior to weaning. According to Fowler and Gill (1989) a suckling pig has equivalent water consumption prior to weaning of ~680ml; however, water intake is only ~290ml in the first day post-weaning and averages ~442ml in the first week after weaning. It is only in the second week post-weaning that water intake averages ~770ml/pig. An adequate supply of fresh potable water is essential where the aim is to maximise post-weaning growth rates. Restricted water flow can reduce feed intake and consequently ADG by 15 %, respectively (Toplis and Tibble, 1994; Table 4). Drinker position is critical, as consumption can be inhibited if they are placed at the incorrect height, angle or position within the pen. Recommendations for the use of bite drinkers and bowls are shown in Table 5. Bowl drinkers are now more common because they waste 30 % less water and it is easier for pigs to find the water source. However, bowl drinkers should be cleaned at regular intervals to ensure a supply of clean water. Push type bowl drinkers have minimal water waste compared to nipple drinkers and float type bowls drinkers (Torrey et al., 2008). Whatever type of drinker is used for weaned pigs, it is important to use the same type also in the farrowing house.
Table 4. Effect of water flow rate on post-weaning pig performance (Toplis and Tibble, 1994).
Table 5. Recommendations on drinkers for weaner pigs (Pedersen, 1999)
4. Push energy intake early post-weaning
Daily gain during the first week post-weaning has a positive relationship with pig weight at day 56 post-weaning and particularly so for light weaned pigs (Tokach et al., 1992). There is huge variation in pre-weaning growth rates of pigs. Edwards and Rooke (1999) reported a betweenfarm variation in post-weaning growth rates of 34 % and within-farm variation of 165 %, attributing most of this variation to differences in feed intake.
In Moorepark, average pre-weaning growth rates (birth to weaning at 26 days) of ~260 g/day have been seen (Lawlor, 2000). Maintaining this growth rate in the early post-weaning period is problematic and in practice, intake in the first few days after weaning is normally insufficient to cover even the maintenance requirement, much less to support pre-weaning rates of gain (Lawlor et al., 2002). As a consequence of this, there is often catabolism of fat as the pig strives to balance its energy requirement for maintenance. Another consequence is a reduction in villous height seen after weaning which affects nutrient digestion, thus prolonging the postweaning growth lag and affecting performance to slaughter.
Table 6 explores the average daily feed intake necessary for a range of weaning weights and a range of diets of differing energy density to maintain pre-weaning energy intake levels in the early post-weaning period. It is evident that, on a high health pig unit with good pre-weaning performance, if a starter diet of 16.5 MJDE/kg is provided then pigs would need to consume 420 to 464 g/day before pre-weaning energy intakes from milk are matched. This table also demonstrates that the necessary feed intake per pig is reduced when the energy density of the diet provided is increased.
Table 6. Calculation of feed intake required post-weaning to match pre-weaning energy intake
5. Post-weaning diet
5.1. Level of milk products
Dairy products, though expensive, are very important constituents of diets for pigs in the early post-weaning period due to their effectiveness in improving growth rate and feed efficiency at this time (Lawlor et al., 2005a). The time taken to reach target slaughter weight (~97kg) was reduced by 5 days by feeding a high dairy product starter and link in the post-weaning period compared with a low dairy product starter (Table 8; Lawlor et al., 2003b). In addition to this, mortality, incidence of scour and veterinary interventions are all likely to be reduced while management is made easier when a high dairy product post-weaning diet is offered. However, economics (diet cost and pig price) will dictate the degree of complexity of the diet and its duration of feeding in the commercial situation (Lawlor et al., 2003b).
Including lactose as a carbohydrate source in the diet at levels even as high as 320 to 470 g/kg, increases post-weaning daily gain in weaned pigs. Dried whey contains 650 to 750 g/kg lactose and so it is the most widely used lactose source in starter diets. Crystalline lactose or de-proteinised whey can be used as lactose sources as long as they are of good quality. Skim milk powder is also commonly used in post-weaning diets but is not as critical in the diet as lactose and there is little benefit from substituting casein for soy protein sources for more than 2 weeks after weaning.
5.2. Cooking cereals
When cereals are included in diets for newly weaned pigs they have often been subjected to some form of heat processing. This is generally done to make the carbohydrate fraction of the cereal more available for enzyme digestion in the gut. This is particularly important in newly weaned pigs because of their initially low levels of starch-degrading enzymes. Increased starch availability is normally measured in the laboratory as an increase in the gelatinised starch content in a sample (Table 7).
Steam flaking is a relatively gentle heating process when compared with extrusion, expansion or micronization and is less likely to have negative consequences (formation of enzyme resistant starch and maillard reaction products, heat damage to amino acids). Steam flaking maize and wheat effectively increased the level of gelatinized starch in both maize and wheat (Table 7) but did not benefit post-weaning or lifetime pig performance. The response to inclusion of steam flaked maize and wheat in the post-weaning diet was not influenced by weaning age, weaning weight , level of dairy products in the diet (Lawlor et al., 2003a ;Table 8) or the sequence of feeding raw or uncooked cereals during the post-weaning period (Lawlor et al., 2003b). It is therefore difficult to justify the increased food cost associated with the process. Although we did not investigate the inclusion of barley in post-weaning diets, others found a 14% increase in average daily gain when the barley component of a post-weaning diet was extruded. This is most likely due to the higher fibre content in the barley.
Table 7. Starch and gelatinised starch values for wheat and maize used in experimental diets (Lawlor et al. 2003b)
Table 8. The effect of cooking maize and wheat (un-cooked or cooked) and level of dairy product (high or low) on pig performance from weaning to slaughter (Lawlor et al., 2003b)
Cereals are frequently thoroughly screened and cleaned in advance of any cooking process and these processes alone are beneficial in terms of reducing their microbial load and improving growth performance. Responses to cooking maize and wheat, in particular, are very variable in the literature and it is possible that where responses are seen that it may be due at least in part to a decontamination effect. Therefore, if raw cereals are to be used in post-weaning diets then quality well screened grains with a low microbial load should always be used.
3.飲水量
仔豬斷奶時維持液體攝取量極其重要。斷奶后恢復(fù)每天液體攝取量到斷奶前水平需要一周多時間。根據(jù)Fower 和Gill（1989）研究，乳豬斷奶前的飲水量約680ml；斷奶第一天的飲水量僅僅約290ml；斷奶后第一周平均442ml。斷奶后第二周飲水量平均每只仔豬770ml。提供足夠清新的水是很重要的，目的是使斷奶后增長率達到最高。限制水流量使采食量減少，結(jié)果平均日增重下降15%（Toplis和Tibble，1994，表四）。飲水器位置是關(guān)鍵的，如果是一個不正確的高度，角度，方位或死角的位置，就會限制仔豬飲水量。推薦的鴨嘴式飲水器和滾球式飲水器給出于表五。滾球式更常用，因為相比之下它可以減少浪費30%的水。對于豬來說更容易發(fā)現(xiàn)水資源。而且，滾球式飲水器應(yīng)該每隔一段時間清洗，確保有大量的清潔水。碗式飲水器與乳頭式飲水器相比浪費水較少（Torney等2008）。斷奶仔豬無論使用哪種類型的飲水方式，都應(yīng)該在產(chǎn)房里用同種類型的飲水器。
表四 斷奶仔豬性能受水流量的影響(Toplis和Tibble，1994)
水流率（ml/分鐘）
175 350 450 700
飲水時間（min） 4.46 2.97 2.93 2.32
飲水量（ml/day） 780 1040 1320 1630
采食量 (g/day) 303 323 341 347
平均日增重（g/day）210 235 250 247
飼料轉(zhuǎn)化率 1.48 1.39 1.37 1.42
表五 斷奶仔豬飲水器的說明（Pederson 1999）
豬的重量 飲水器類型 與地面的高度 流水量
（kg） (cm) （I/min）
5 Bite 30 30
15 Bite 45 45
25 Bite 55 55
7-30 Bowl 5-10 5-10
4.斷奶豬早期的能量攝入
斷奶仔豬第一周的日增重與豬斷奶后56天重量呈正相關(guān)特別是對輕的斷奶仔豬來說更明顯。(Tokach等1992)。在豬斷奶前的生長速度變異很大。Edwards 和Rooke(1999)報道，不同豬場仔豬斷奶后增長率變異約34%，農(nóng)場內(nèi)變異是165%，這個變異主要是采食量不同造成的。
在摩爾莊園，是26日齡斷奶，段奶前的增長率是平均每天260g（Lawlor 2000），在斷奶后的前幾天要保持這個增長率是很有問題的。實踐中，在斷奶后前幾天的采食量通常不足，甚至不能滿足維持需要，更不用說去支持增重（Lawlor等，2002）。結(jié)果，豬為了維持需要，經(jīng)常分解代謝體脂肪以平衡能量缺口。另一個結(jié)果是在斷奶后腸絨毛長度減少，它影響營養(yǎng)的消化吸收，這會延遲斷奶后增長，這個影響可以一直到上市屠宰。
表六是為了維持能量攝取水平，在豬的斷奶前期去探索一系列不同斷奶體重的豬和一系列采食不同能量密度飼料的豬它們的平均每天采食量分別是多少。顯然，在斷奶前有一個好性能的健康的豬，如果一開始提供的飼料能量密度是每千克165兆焦，豬將每天需要消耗420g到464g的飼料，這與斷奶前所采食的母乳所含的能量攝入量一致。這個表也證明了提供飼料的能量密度增加，使得每只豬的采食量減少。