000136329 001__ 136329 000136329 005__ 20240731105612.0 000136329 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.3390/ani14131855 000136329 0248_ $$2sideral$$a139245 000136329 037__ $$aART-2024-139245 000136329 041__ $$aeng 000136329 100__ $$aBottegal, Diego Nicolas 000136329 245__ $$aFattening pigs with tannin-rich source (Ceratonia siliqua l.) and high doses of vitamin e: effects on growth performance, economics, digestibility, physiology, and behaviour 000136329 260__ $$c2024 000136329 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted 000136329 5203_ $$aThis study aimed to assess the impact on growth, economic results, apparent nutrient digestibility (CTTAD), physiological variables, and animal behaviour when 214 fattening pigs (78 ± 8.5 kg of initial body weight and 130 ± 4.5 days of age) of both sexes (gilts and boars) were fed two levels of carob pulp (Cp, 0 vs. 20%) and two doses of vitamin E (Vit E, 30 vs. 300 IU/kg) for 40 days. No interaction effects between factors studied (Cp, Vit E, and sex) were observed on the variables. Most productive traits were unaffected by Cp or Vit E inclusion. However, the Cp increased the feed conversion ratio during the first 20 days. The Cp group showed a higher CTTAD of ether extract and hemicellulose but lower CTTAD of crude protein. Pigs fed Cp had a lower plasmatic urea content than the control group. The high Vit E doses increased the CTTAD of every nutrient and the plasmatic α-tocopherol content. The pigs fed Cp tended to spend more time eating in the early morning, likely to mitigate tannins’ astringent effects. Dietary inclusion of 20% Cp in finishing high-conformation pigs is possible without affecting overall performance though it reduces nutrient CTTAD and increases feeding cost. Supra-nutritional doses of Vit E do not affect pig performance but increase the α-tocopherol deposition with potential antioxidant effects. 000136329 536__ $$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/801586/EU/International Doctoral Programme for Talent Attraction to the Campus of International Excellence of the Ebro Valley/IberusTalent$$9This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No H2020 801586-IberusTalent 000136329 540__ $$9info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess$$aby$$uhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ 000136329 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 000136329 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-3005-2675$$aLatorre, María Ángeles$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000136329 700__ $$aLobón, Sandra 000136329 700__ $$aVerdú, Marçal 000136329 700__ $$aÁlvarez-Rodríguez, Javier 000136329 7102_ $$12008$$2700$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Produc.Animal Cienc.Ali.$$cÁrea Producción Animal 000136329 773__ $$g14, 13 (2024), 1855 [20 pp.]$$pAnimals (Basel)$$tAnimals$$x2076-2615 000136329 8564_ $$s1082928$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/136329/files/texto_completo.pdf$$yVersión publicada 000136329 8564_ $$s2673646$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/136329/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon$$xicon$$yVersión publicada 000136329 909CO $$ooai:zaguan.unizar.es:136329$$particulos$$pdriver 000136329 951__ $$a2024-07-31-09:23:05 000136329 980__ $$aARTICLE