Sawdust in the Diet of Crossbred Weaned Pigs: Effects on Serum Lipid Profile

A.A. Ogunbode and K.O Tijani

Background and Objective: Sawdust is a waste product derived from sawmill industries which constitutes nuisance to the environment and it can be included in swine diet in order to reduce competition between man and animal. Thus a 56 day of feeding trial was conducted in a completely randomized design to determine serum lipid profile of crossbred (large white x landrace) weaned pigs fed sawdust based diets. Materials and Methods: Eighteen weaned pigs were randomly allotted into three dietary treatment groups: T1 (0% control), T2 (5%) and T3 (10%) with each treatment comprising 3 replicates of 6 pigs/triplicate; parameters measured include cholesterol, triglyceride, high density lipoprotein and low density lipoprotein using spectrophotometer. Results: The result revealed that there were significant (p<0.05) difference in the values obtained for cholesterol, high density lipoprotein and low density lipoprotein. There were no significant (p>0.05) difference for values obtained in triglycerides across the dietary treatments. The highest statistical value (40.33 mg dL^–1) of high density lipoprotein was observed in pigs fed diet 3 while diet 1 and 2 had the least value 37.33 mg dL^–1 and 38 mg dL^–1, respectively. Diet 1 had the highest value (22.73 mg dL^–1) of low density lipoprotein while the least value was obtained in pigs fed theT₃. Conclusion: Based on this result, it can be concluded that inclusion of sawdust in the diet of crossbred weaned pigs up to 10% has no deleterious effect on the serum lipid profile of crossbred weaned pigs.

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