Open Access Asian-Australas J Anim Sci Vol. 31, No. 6:873-880 June 2018 https://doi.org/10.5713/ajas.17.0516 pISSN 1011-2367 eISSN 1976-5517
The differences between copper sulfate and tribasic copper chloride on growth performance, redox status, deposition in tissues of pigs, and excretion in feces Ping Zheng1, Bei Pu1, Bing Yu1, Jun He1, Jie Yu1, Xiangbing Mao1, Yuheng Luo1, Junqiu Luo1, Zhiqing Huang1, Chenggui Luo2, Shaohui Wang2, and Daiwen Chen1,*
*C orresponding Author: Daiwen Chen Tel: +86-0835-2882088, Fax: +86-0835-2882088, E-mail:
[email protected] Institute of Animal Nutrition, Sichuan Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Animal DiseaseResistance Nutrition, Ministry of Education, Ya’an 625014, China 2 Chengdu Shuxing Feed Co. Ltd. Chengdu 610043, China 1
ORCID Ping Zheng https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2508-762X Bei Pu https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8891-0284 Bing Yu https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6889-7972 Jun He https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4264-2477 Jie Yu https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6768-7236 Xiangbing Mao https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6292-7747 Yuheng Luo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2333-1457 Junqiu Luo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-1866 Zhiqing Huang https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5092-9297 Chenggui Luo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8909-6931 Shaohui Wang https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4703-6743 Daiwen Chen https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8351-7421
Keywords: Copper Sulfate; Deposition; Excretion; Growth Performance; Pigs; Tribasic Copper Chloride
INTRODUCTION
Submitted Jul 10, 2017; Revised Aug 24, 2017; Accepted Nov 30, 2017
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Objective: The objective of this experiment was to compare the effects of adding 130 mg/kg Cu from either copper sulfate (CS) or tribasic copper chloride (TBCC) on growth performance, mineral deposition in tissues, and the excretion in feces of pigs as well as changes in the mine ral contents in tissues and feces when the supplemental Cu level was decreased from 130 mg/kg to 10 mg/kg. Methods: A total of 72 pigs (32.6±1.2 kg) were randomly assigned to a CS diet or a TBCC diet with 6 pens per treatment. The trial lasted 102 d and included 3 phases (phase 1, 1 to 30 d; phase 2, 31 to 81 d; and phase 3, 82 to 102 d). The supplemental levels of Cu in the 2 treat ments were 130 mg/kg in phase 1 and 2 and 10 mg/kg in phase 3. Results: The results showed that pigs fed the CS diet tended to have higher average daily gain than pigs fed the TBCC diet during d 1 to 81 (p
