TY - JOUR T1 - Non-Starch Polysaccharides (NSP) Enzyme Improves the Nutrient Digestibility of Weaned Piglet Fed a Cottonseed Meal-Based Diets AU - Fang, Jun AU - Su, Dingding AU - Wu, Xiaosong AU - Zhou, Ying AU - Zhan, Zhichun AU - Jie, Wang AU - Xiangshan, Tang AU - Shengping, Wang AU - Liu, Gang AU - Ding, Jiannan AU - Cai, Lichuang JO - Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances VL - 11 IS - 16 SP - 2976 EP - 2979 PY - 2012 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1680-5593 DO - javaa.2012.2976.2979 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2012.2976.2979 KW - Cottonseed meal KW -NSP enzyme KW -piglets KW -apparent digestibility KW -surgery KW -degradation AB - 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. ER -