DIGESTION OF A DIET VERY HIGH IN FIBER IN CUBAN CREOLE PIGS

In two groups of eight Cuban Creole pigs and twelve pigs of an improve d breed (CC21), 60 kg liveweight, studies were made of apparent digest ibility of a diet very high in fibre with 300.0 g kg(-1) diet of plant ain foliage meal. The crude fibre and neutral detergent fibre contents of the diet were 144.6 and 246.4 g kg(-1) DM, respectively. Daily fae cal output of water and short chain fatty acids was significantly grea ter in Creole pigs than in CC21 pigs. Digestion of a diet very high in fibre does not appear to be greater in Creole pigs. Improved pigs dig ested most of the diet components better than the Creole pigs. (C) 199 8 Published by Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.