Jun  Fang, Dingding  Su, Xiaosong  Wu, Ying  Zhou, Zhichun  Zhan, Wang  Jie, Tang  Xiangshan, Wang  Shengping, Gang  Liu, Jiannan  Ding, Lichuang  Cai, 
    Non-Starch Polysaccharides (NSP) Enzyme Improves the Nutrient Digestibility of Weaned Piglet Fed a Cottonseed Meal-Based Diets,
    Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances,
    Volume 11,Issue 16,
    2012,
    Pages 2976-2979,
    ISSN 1680-5593,
    javaa.2012.2976.2979,
    (https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2012.2976.2979)
    Abstract: NSP is the major factor introducing a low digestibility of cottonseed meal in piglets. The present study was conducted to determine the effect of NSP enzyme on the nutrient digestibility of weaned piglets fed a cottonseed meal-based diets. About 15 weaned piglets (14±1.4 kg) were selected and ileal fistula surgery was done to determine the DE, CP, DM and NSP’s apparent digestibility. The results indicated that NSP enzyme improved piglet’s apparent digestibility (p<0.05) in varying degrees; pectinase resulted in obvious degradation of the cell wall and increased piglets’ DE (26.69%) and CP of ileal digesta (20.33%) and compound enzyme was better in improving cottonseed meal based diets than single enzyme.
    Keywords: Cottonseed meal;NSP enzyme;piglets;apparent digestibility;surgery;degradation