Keywords
vitamin D, nursery pig, bone
Abstract
A total of 360 pigs (DNA 600 × 241; initially 12.8 ± 1.18 lb) were used in a 45-d growth study to evaluate the effects of added 25(OH)D3 with three levels of STTD P on nursery pig growth performance, bone and urine characteristics, and serum vitamin D. Pigs were weaned at approximately 19 d of age and randomly allotted to one of six dietary treatments. A total of 72 pens were used with five pigs per pen and 12 replications per treatment. Dietary treatments were arranged in a 2 × 3 factorial with main effects of 25(OH)D3 (0 or 50 μg/kg estimated to provide an additional 2,000 IU/kg of vitamin D3; Hy-D, dsm-firmenich, Plainsboro, NJ) and STTD P (70, 100, or 130% of the NRC requirement estimate on a dietary percentage basis). All diets contained 1,653 IU/kg of vitamin D3 provided by the vitamin premix, but the premixes did not contain additional 25(OH)D3. Diets were corn-soybean meal-based and fed in three phases. On d 45, one pig per pen was euthanized to collect the right fibula, metacarpal, and second and tenth ribs. Overall, increasing STTD P increased (quadratic, P < 0.003) BW, ADG, ADFI, and improved F/G with minimal improvement above 100% of the NRC STTD P requirement. Added 25(OH)D3 had no effect (P > 0.10) on growth performance. Pigs fed increasing STTD P had decreased urinary Ca concentration (linear, P < 0.001 and quadratic, P = 0.078) and increased urinary P concentration (quadratic, P < 0.001), with all pigs fed 70% of the NRC STTD P requirement having non-detectable levels of P in the urine. Added 25(OH)D3 had no effect (P > 0.10) on urine Ca and P concentrations. A quadratic 25(OH)D3 × STTD P interaction (P = 0.032) was observed for serum 25(OH)D3. When pigs were fed added 25(OH)D3, serum 25(OH)D3 increased (quadratic, P = 0.005) as STTD P increased but no differences (P > 0.10) were observed when no 25(OH)D3 was added and STTD P increased. A quadratic STTD P × 25(OH)D3 interaction was observed for 1,25(OH)2D3 concentrations (P = 0.002). When pigs were fed added 25(OH)D3, serum 1,25(OH)2D3 decreased (quadratic, P < 0.001) as STTD P increased. When no 25(OH)D3 was included, no differences were observed (P > 0.10). No STTD P × 25(OH)D3 interaction was observed for 24,25(OH)2D3. Pigs fed diets with added 25(OH)D3 had increased (P < 0.001) serum 24,25(OH)2D3 concentration. Added 25(OH)D3 had no effect (P > 0.10) on serum 1,25(OH)2D3 but concentrations decreased (quadratic, P = 0.001) as STTD P increased. Bone density of metacarpals increased (linear, P = 0.001) as STTD P increased, as did the fibulas and ribs (quadratic, P ≤ 0.055). The percentage bone ash and bone ash weight increased (quadratic, P ≤ 0.065) for all bones as STTD P increased. Added 25(OH)D3 had no effect on bone density or bone ash weight for any of the bones (P > 0.10); however, the reduction in bone ash observed with reducing STTD P level tended to be less when 25(OH)D3 was provided (linear interaction, P = 0.098). In summary, added 25(OH)D3 had limited effect on growth performance, urine Ca and P, or bone characteristics; however, added 25(OH)D3 increased serum concentrations of 25(OH)D3 and 24,25(OH)2D3. Increasing STTD P to 100% of NRC (2012) requirement estimate increased growth and 130% of NRC maximized bone ash.
Recommended Citation
Becker, Larissa L.; Gebhardt, Jordan T.; Tokach, Mike D.; Goodband, Robert D.; DeRouchey, Joel M.; Woodworth, Jason C.; and Bergstrom, Jon R.
(2024)
"Effects of Added 25(OH)D3 With Varying Standardized Total Tract Digestibility of Phosphorus Levels on Nursery Pig Performance, Bone and Urine Characteristics, and Serum Vitamin D,"
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports:
Vol. 10:
Iss.
6.
https://doi.org/10.4148/2378-5977.8630