Effect of feed processing on size of (washed) faeces particles from pigs measured by image analysis

TY - ABST

T1 - Effect of feed processing on size of (washed) faeces particles from pigs measured by image analysis

AU - Nørgaard, Peder

AU - Kornfelt, Louise Foged

AU - Hansen, Christian Fink

AU - Thymann, Thomas

N1 - Conference code: 56

PY - 2005

Y1 - 2005

N2 - Our aim was to study the effect of dietary physical characteristics on size of washed faecal particles from finishing pigs (98±6 kg). The pigs were fed either a finely ground pelleted diet (FP) or a coarsely ground meal diet (CM) comparable in all ingredients. The diets were based on barley, wheat and soybean meal as the main ingredients and were either ground through a 2 mm screen before pelleting or ground to pass a 4.5 mm screen. Faecal samples were collected from 7 FP and 8 CM fed pigs and washed in nylon bags before drying and sieving into 3 fractions: >1 mm, 0.5-1 mm and bottom bowl. Samples of particles from the sieving fractions were scanned and the length and width of individual particles were identified using image analysis software. The overall mean, mode and median were estimated from a composite function. The dietary physical characteristics significantly affected the proportion of faecal particles retained in the bottom bowl and >lmm sieving fractions (P = 0.001). Particle dimensions in each sieving fraction (P = 0.05) were altered as well as the overall means (P = 0.01) 2.7±0.2 vs. 0.77±0.03 (length) and 1.45±0.22 vs. 0.47±0.04 (width) for CM and FP treatment, respectively.

AB - Our aim was to study the effect of dietary physical characteristics on size of washed faecal particles from finishing pigs (98±6 kg). The pigs were fed either a finely ground pelleted diet (FP) or a coarsely ground meal diet (CM) comparable in all ingredients. The diets were based on barley, wheat and soybean meal as the main ingredients and were either ground through a 2 mm screen before pelleting or ground to pass a 4.5 mm screen. Faecal samples were collected from 7 FP and 8 CM fed pigs and washed in nylon bags before drying and sieving into 3 fractions: >1 mm, 0.5-1 mm and bottom bowl. Samples of particles from the sieving fractions were scanned and the length and width of individual particles were identified using image analysis software. The overall mean, mode and median were estimated from a composite function. The dietary physical characteristics significantly affected the proportion of faecal particles retained in the bottom bowl and >lmm sieving fractions (P = 0.001). Particle dimensions in each sieving fraction (P = 0.05) were altered as well as the overall means (P = 0.01) 2.7±0.2 vs. 0.77±0.03 (length) and 1.45±0.22 vs. 0.47±0.04 (width) for CM and FP treatment, respectively.

M3 - Conference abstract in proceedings

SN - 9076998663

SP - 243

BT - Ikke angivet

A2 - Honing, Ynze van der

A2 - Strandberg, E.

A2 - Cenkvari, E.

A2 - Borell, E. von

A2 - Kemp, B.

PB - Academic Publishers

T2 - Annual Meeting of the European Association for Animal Production (EAAP)

Y2 - 5 June 2005 through 8 June 2005

ER -