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Effects of Aspergillus niger treated wheat offal, brewers’ dried grain, and palm kernel cake on growth response, carcass characteristics, and haematology of growing pigs
Abstract
The effects of Aspergillus niger-treated wheat offal (WO), brewers’ dried grain (BDG), and palm kernel cake (PKC) on growth response, carcass characteristics, and haematology of growing pigs were evaluated. Thirty-six growing pigs with an average weight of 24.32 ± 0.52 kg were randomly allotted to six dietary treatments in a 2 × 3 factorial arrangements of treated and untreated Aspergillus niger at three dietary fibre sources (WO, BDG, and PKC) with three replicates per treatment comprising of two animals in each replicate. All the treatments had 30% levels each of the treated and untreated WO, BDG, and PKC. There were no significant differences (p > 0.05) in feed intake, average daily weight gain, feed conversion ratio, and protein efficiency ratios among treatments. The treatment effect had a significant (p < 0.05) influence on the dressing percent of pigs with a significant (p <0.05) reduction of back fat depth. The haematological parameters were not significantly different among treatments (p >0.05). The study concluded that treatment of WO, PKC, and BDG with Aspergillus niger had no adverse effect on the growth response and haematological parameters but significantly reduced the back fat depth of growing pigs
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