Effects of Fish Palm Rice and Coconut Palm Rice Oil Mixture on Intestinal Health of Weaned Piglets

Kaiyun Yang, Wenjuan Yang, Fei Jiang, Bing Yu, Zhiqing Huang, Yuheng Luo, Aimin Wu, Ping Zheng, Xiangbing Mao, Jie Yu, Junqiu Luo, Hui Yan and Jun He ()
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Kaiyun Yang: Institute of Animal Nutrition, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
Wenjuan Yang: Institute of Animal Nutrition, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
Fei Jiang: Institute of Animal Nutrition, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
Bing Yu: Institute of Animal Nutrition, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
Zhiqing Huang: Institute of Animal Nutrition, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
Yuheng Luo: Institute of Animal Nutrition, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
Aimin Wu: Institute of Animal Nutrition, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
Ping Zheng: Institute of Animal Nutrition, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
Xiangbing Mao: Institute of Animal Nutrition, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
Jie Yu: Institute of Animal Nutrition, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
Junqiu Luo: Institute of Animal Nutrition, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
Hui Yan: Institute of Animal Nutrition, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
Jun He: Institute of Animal Nutrition, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China

Agriculture, 2025, vol. 15, issue 4, 1-16

Abstract: Fat not only has a high effective energy value and extra energy effects but is also an ideal energy source. As one of the most commonly used feed oils at present, soybean oil has a high cost despite its good application effect on weaned piglets. In contrast, the cost of palm oil is lower. In order to explore the effect of palm oil-dominated fat combination on intestinal health of weaned piglets, we conducted a 28-day trial, randomly dividing 72 pigs into three groups: The SO group (fed with a basal diet containing 2% soybean oil), the PRFO group (replacing soybean oil with 2% fish palm rice oil mixture), and the PRCO group (replacing soybean oil with 2% coconut palm rice oil mixture), with eight replicate pens per group (3 pigs per pen) and intestinal chyme was collected on day 29. We observed a significant increase in the concentration of propionic acid (PA) in cecal digesta of the PRFO group (895.49 mmol/L p < 0.05) compared to the SO group (626.32 mmol/L). Meanwhile, the concentration of cecal PA, butyric acid (BA), valerate and colonic valeric acid were significantly increased in the PRCO group ( p < 0.05). Moreover, piglets in the PRFO group had a higher abundance of Firmicutes in the cecum and colon, but a lower abundance of Actinomyces in the cecum than those in the SO group. These results indicate that replacing soybean oil with PRFO and PRCO in weaning diet can improve intestinal microflora structure and thus improve intestinal health of piglets.

Keywords: weaned pigs; lipid source; intestinal microbiota; intestinal health (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q1 Q10 Q11 Q12 Q13 Q14 Q15 Q16 Q17 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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