A diet moderately deficient in zinc induces limited intestinal alterations in weaned pigs |
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| Authors: | JP Lalls C Favier C Jondreville |
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| Institution: | aINRA, UMR1079, SENAH, Domaine de la Prise, F-35590 Saint-Gilles, France |
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| Abstract: | The aim of this work was to test the hypothesis that a moderate zinc deficiency induces intestinal alterations in weaned piglets. A diet based on maize and soybean meal was formulated without supplemental zinc (33 ppm, zinc-deficient) or with added zinc (113 ppm, control). These diets were pair-fed for 18 or 27 d to intra-litter pairs of piglets weaned at 21 d of age. The feed intake and growth, plasma concentrations of zinc and alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity, and morphometry, enzyme activities and the microflora of the mid-jejunum were investigated. Feed intake and growth were similar between diets and diarrhoea was not observed. By contrast, plasma zinc and ALP activity were much lower in zinc-deficient piglets at slaughter (P < 0.001). The weight of organs was unaffected, except colonic tissue that was lighter in piglets fed the zinc-deficient diet (P < 0.05). Neither villus-crypt intestinal architecture nor mucosal enzyme activities were altered. Jejunal counts of lactic acid bacteria and coliforms tended to be higher in the zinc-deficient pigs (P ≤ 0.10). In conclusion, feeding a diet moderately deficient in zinc for 18–27 d induced limited intestinal alterations in weaned pigs. |
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| Keywords: | Pig Weaning Zinc deficiency Intestine |
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