Abstract:
An experiment designed to have 9 Cu treatments3 Cu levels,10,150 and 250 mg·kg
-1 and 3 Cu forms,Cu-AA(amino acid copper),CuSO
4(copper sulfate) and TBCC(tribasic copper chloride)was carried out on effect of addition of Cu in basic dietary on Cu digestibility of 27 crossbred growing pigs(LandraceLargewhiteDuroc) about 30 kg in body weight and Cu availability in their dungs.Results show that the effect of Cu source on Cu digestibility of pigs did not vary much(P>0.05),but the effect of Cu level did.It was more significantly when the Cu level was high(P<0.05).Availability of Cu in the pig dung varied sharply with the Cu forms.It was higher when CuSO
4 was added than when Cu-AA or TBCC was added(P<0.05),but it was more or less the same for the latter two(P>0.05).In terms of potential available Cu in pig dung,the two treatments of Cu-AA and CuSO
4 were quite similar(P>0.05) but higher than the treatment of TBCC(P<0.05).Naturally,unavailable Cu in the pig dung from Treatments TBCC was significantly higher than those from Treatments Cu-AA and CuSO
4(P<0.05).Regardless of forms of Cu added,the content of Cu in the pig dung from pigs fed with a higher level of copper in the dietary was higher than those fed with a lower level of copper in the dietary(P<0.05).