Calcium anacardate as growth promoter for piglets at the nursery phase

Anacardato de cálcio como promotor de crescimento para leitões na fase de creche

Abstract:

The objective of this work was to evaluate the effects of the dietary inclusion of calcium anacardate on the performance, diarrhea incidence, blood parameters, intestinal morphometry, and pH of gastrointestinal contents in piglets from 21 to 42 days of age. Sixty weaned Topigs piglets, with initial weight of 6.049±0.311 kg, were distributed in the following treatments: diet with or without antibiotic growth promoter (zinc bacitracin) and diets supplemented with increasing levels of calcium anacardate (0.4, 0.8, and 1.2%), with six replicates and two animals per experimental unit. No differences in performance (21 to 42 days of age), blood parameters, and villus height:crypt depth ratio were found between piglets fed diets containing calcium anacardate or antibiotic growth promoter. The replacement of the antibiotic growth promoter zinc bacitracin by calcium anacardate results in similar performance in piglets from 21 to 42 days of age, without changes in blood parameters and in the villus height:crypt depth ratio. The dietary inclusion of calcium anacardate does not decrease diarrhea incidence compared with the antibiotic zinc bacitracin.

Index terms:
anacardic acid; intestinal morphometry; organic acids; phenolic compounds; post-weaning; zinc bacitracin

Resumo:

O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar os efeitos da inclusão do anacardato de cálcio em rações para leitões, dos 21 aos 42 dias de idade, sobre desempenho, ocorrência de diarreia, parâmetros sanguíneos, morfometria intestinal e pH dos conteúdos gastrintestinais. Foram avaliados 60 leitões desmamados da linhagem comercial Topigs, com peso inicial de 6,049±0,311 kg, distribuídos entre os seguintes tratamentos: rações com ou sem antibiótico promotor de crescimento (bacitracina de zinco) e rações contendo doses crescentes de anacardato de cálcio (0,4, 0,8 e 1,2%), com seis repetições e dois animais por unidade experimental. Não foram observadas diferenças no desempenho (21 a 42 dias de idade), nos parâmetros sanguíneos e na relação altura de vilosidade/profundidade de cripta entre leitões que receberam ração contendo anacardato de cálcio ou antibiótico promotor de crescimento. A substituição de antibiótico promotor de crescimento bacitracina de zinco pelo anacardato de cálcio resulta em desempenho semelhante de leitões dos 21 aos 42 dias de idade, e não altera os parâmetros sanguíneos e a relação altura de vilosidade/profundidade de cripta. A inclusão de anacardato de cálcio na ração não diminui a ocorrência de diarreia em comparação ao antibiótico bacitracina de zinco.

Termos para indexação:
ácido anacárdico; morfometria intestinal; ácidos orgânicos; compostos fenólicos; pós-desmame; bacitracina de zinco

Introduction

Global pig farms have undergone major changes mainly affected by specific markets and their demands towards several aspects in pig production, such as the restriction or total ban on the use of antibiotic growth promoters in animal feed. However, the absence of these promoters particularly affects the animals more susceptible to enteric diseases, such as nursery piglets. This animal category has an insufficient production of digestive enzymes, leading to the low utilization of nutrients, which may become substrates for pathogenic bacteria (Lallès, 2008).

Considering this scenario, several substances have been studied aiming at replacing antibiotic growth promoters in piglet diets. Therefore, a deeper understanding about the mode of action and inclusion level of each substitute is essential. Among these substances, organic acids are highlighted, which mode of action involves the decrease in gastric pH, facilitating protein digestion and the absorption of amino acids and other nutrients in the intestine, besides acting as a bactericide by reducing the bacteria internal pH due to its dissociation (Chiquieri et al., 2009). Therefore, the use of organic acids in the diet seeks to inhibit the pathogenic intestinal microflora, as well as to reduce its toxic metabolites (Suiryanrayna & Ramana, 2015). These processes help to create a favorable intestinal environment for beneficial microorganisms within the animal’s digestive tract (Partanen & Mroz, 1999) and may reduce the frequency of post-weaning diarrhea, leading to an improvement in piglet performance, especially at the beginning of the nursery phase (Li et al., 2008; Papatsiros et al., 2011).

Among the organic acids, anacardic acid, a phenolic compound found in different parts of the cashew tree (Anacardium occidentale L.) and mainly in the cashew nut, has been widely studied. Reports in the literature indicate that this compound has several biological activities (Hamad & Mubofu, 2015), with emphasis on the selective inhibitory activity against pathogenic microorganisms (Muroi & Kubo, 1996; Narasimhan et al., 2008; Achanath et al., 2010; Hollands et al., 2016), including enteric bacteria of the genus Shigella, Salmonella, and Escherichia coli (Eslami et al., 2014).

For organic acids to exert their bactericidal effects, they must be non-dissociated to allow the passive diffusion through the bacterial cell wall, where they can dissociate and reduce cell pH, denaturing bacterial DNA (Braz et al., 2011). Anacardic acid can be extracted from the precipitation of cashew nut shell liquid with calcium hydroxide, forming calcium anacardate (Paramashivappa et al., 2001). However, the feasibility and the effects of calcium anacardate on animal performance or intestinal health in nursery piglets are not yet known.

The objective of this work was to evaluate the effects of the dietary inclusion of calcium anacardate on the performance, diarrhea incidence, blood parameters, intestinal morphometry, and pH of gastrointestinal contents in piglets from 21 to 42 days of age.

Materials and Methods

The study was conducted in alignment with the procedures of the ethics committee on animal use of Universidade Federal do Ceará, under the protocol No. 113/2014.

Prior to the trial, calcium anacardate was extracted from the cashew nut shell liquid. The cashew nuts used came from the same crop of the Gigante agronomic variety. The cashew nut shell liquid was obtained by heating the nuts in the oven at 120ºC for 70 min (Trevisan et al., 2006). Calcium anacardate was produced from the reaction between anacardic acid, present in cashew nut shell liquid, with calcium hydroxide, forming a calcium salt, according to the method described by Paramashivappa et al. (2001), with modifications.

The trial was carried out in the pig research center of the Department of Animal Sciences of Universidade Federal do Ceará, during 22 days. Sixty castrated male piglets weaned at 21 days of age were distributed into five treatments with six replicates, in a randomized complete block design, considering a cage with two animals as the experimental unit. Piglets were placed in metal cages with plastic mesh floors (1.0x2.0 m) suspended 50 cm above of the floor. During the experimental period, the average shed temperature was 28.5ºC and the relative humidity was 64%. The treatments were: diet without growth promoter, as a negative control; diet supplemented with antibiotic growth promoter (50 ppm zinc bacitracin), as a positive control; diet supplemented with 0.4% calcium anacardate; diet supplemented with 0.8% calcium anacardate; and diet supplemented with 1.2% calcium anacardate. Zinc bacitracin or calcium anacardate were added to the diet by replacing the kaolin inert ingredient.

The criterion adopted for blocking was the mean initial weight, of 5.828±0.185 and 6.480±0.305 kg, for light and heavy blocks, respectively.

The experimental diets were formulated for phases I (21 to 32 days of age) and II (33 to 42 days of age), considering the feed composition and the nutritional requirements for nursery piglets according to Rostagno et al. (2011); all diets were isonutritive and isoenergetic for each phase (Table 1). The evaluated variables of animal performance were daily feed intake, daily weight gain, and feed conversion. The daily feed intake was calculated as the difference between feed offered and leftover, divided by the number of days in each phase. Daily weight gain was calculated as the difference between the final weight and the initial weight of the piglets, divided by the number of days in each phase. The feed conversion was calculated as a function of the relationship between the total feed intake and the total weight gain in each phase during the trial.

Table 1.
Nutritional and percentage composition of experimental diets for piglets during stage I and stage II.

Ingredient (%)		Stage I (21 to 32 days)	Stage II (33 to 42 days)
Corn grain		48.80	50.66
Soybean meal		25.35	27.89
Whole milk powder		15.00	10.00
Sugar		5.00	5.00
Soybean oil		-	1.08
Dicalcium phosphate		1.96	1.92
Calcitic limestone		0.82	0.63
Salt		0.50	0.41
Mineral and vitamin supplement(1)		0.50	0.50
BHT		0.01	0.01
L-lysine HCL (78.5%)		0.59	0.49
DL-methionine (99.0%)		0.24	0.18
Kaolin		1.20	1.20
Nutritional composition
	Metabolizable energy (Mcal kg-1)	3.39	3.37
	Crude protein (%)	20.00	20.00
	Available phosphorus (%)	0.45	0.45
	Calcium (%)	0.90	0.82
	Digestible lysine (%)	1.45	1.35
	Digestible methionine + cystine (%)	0.81	0.74
	Sodium (%)	0.28	0.23

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  The premix supplied the following per kilogram of diet: 1,500,000 IU vitamin A; 450,000 IU vitamin D3; 22.50 mg biotin; 68 mg choline; 7,500 mg niacin; 4,500 mg calcium pantothenate; 5,000 mg vitamin B12; 1,300 mg vitamin B2; 7,500 mg vitamin E; 1,500 mg vitamin K3; 12.5 g iron; 5,250 mg copper; 8,750 mg manganese; 26.25 g zinc; 350 mg iodine; and 75 mg selenium.

A single observer assessed diarrhea incidence twice a day, at 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., throughout the experimental period. Through visual analysis, the feces of the each replicate of piglets were classified according to the following criteria: score 0, feces with solid consistency; score 1, pasty feces; score 2, semiliquid diarrhea; and score 3, liquid diarrhea. Diarrhea cases were considered when the fecal score was 2 or 3. The diarrhea incidence rates for each treatment were calculated (Silva et al., 2010).

One piglet per cage at 42 days of age was randomly selected, and blood samples were collected from the jugular vein to evaluate the following blood parameters: hemogram, leukogram, and serum proteins. For hemograms and leukograms, 2 mL of blood were collected in tubes containing the anticoagulant ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA). The concentrations of red blood cells, hemoglobin, hematocrit, mean corpuscular volume, and mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration were determined using the hemogram. Differential count of leukocytes was performed, calculating the percentages of lymphocytes, eosinophils, segmented neutrophils, monocytes, and platelets. For the evaluation of serum proteins, 4 mL of blood were collected in tubes without anticoagulant and were centrifuged. Using the resulting serum, the concentrations of total serum proteins, albumin, and globulin (Arantes et al., 2007) were evaluated.

At 42 days of age, one animal from each replicate was slaughtered to evaluate the pHs of the stomach, intestinal and cecal contents, as well as the morphological characteristics of the duodenum and jejunum. Immediately after slaughter, the stomach, small intestine, and cecum contents were removed and placed separately in plastic containers for pH determination using the HI99163 digital pH meter (Hanna Instruments Brasil, Barueri, SP, Brazil). Regarding the morphological characteristics of the intestine, 3-cm long sections of the duodenum and jejunum were collected. The duodenum fragment was removed 15 cm from the insertion of the stomach and the jejunum fragment was collected 95 cm from the ileocecal junction, stretched along the mesenteric border on a small piece of cardboard with pins and stored in 10% formaldehyde (v/v). The tissue slides were embedded in paraffin and stained with hematoxylin and eosin (Behmer et al., 1976). Morphometric analyzes of villus height, crypt depth, and the villus height:crypt depth ratio of the intestinal epithelium were analyzed with the DM500 light microscope (Leica Microsystems GmbH, Wetzlar, Germany) with a 10x objective magnification, using the Leica Qwin image analysis system (Leica, Microsystems GmbH, Wetzlar, Germany) connected to the microscope.

Data were subjected to the analysis of variance using the general linear model procedure of the SAS software, version 8.1 (SAS Institute, Inc., Cary, NC, USA). Data on diarrhea incidence were transformed by the y = arcsin [(p/100)]^0.5 function as recommended by Barbin (2003). After checking for normality of the residues, the means were compared by the Student-Newman-Keuls’s test, at 5% probability.

Results and Discussion

The inclusion of antibiotic growth promoter and calcium anacardate had no effect on daily feed intake and feed conversion in piglets from 21 to 32 days of age (Table 2). However, piglets fed a diet without growth promoter had lower weight gain than those fed diets with antibiotic or calcium anacardate. From 21 to 42 days of age, although antibiotic and calcium anacardate inclusions had no effect on feed intake, piglets receiving antibiotics had greater weight gain compared with animals fed diets without growth promoter, but did not differ from piglets supplemented with calcium anacardate. Piglets fed diets containing antibiotic growth promoter or calcium anacardate had better feed conversion than piglets fed diet without growth promoter. However, the inclusion of organic acids resulted in lower weight gain and worse feed conversion in piglets when compared with the use of conventional growth promoters (Walsh et al., 2014).

Table 2.
Daily feed intake (DFI), daily weight gain (DWG), and feed conversion (FC) of piglets fed diets with or without the antibiotic zinc bacitracin, and with different inclusion levels of calcium anacardate during stage I and stage II⁽¹⁾.

Variable	Negative control(2)	Positive control(3)	Calcium anacardate (%)			Coefficient of variation (%)	p-value
			0.4	0.8	1.2
	Stage I (21 to 32 days)
DFI (g)	160.74	175.35	168.36	183.88	172.58	11.03	0.256
DWG (g)	110.09B	142.82A	145.15A	131.64A	140.09A	20.79	0.024
FC	1.46	1.25	1.16	1.39	1.23	13.88	0.054
	Stage II (21 to 42 days)
DFI (g)	256.31	283.02	278.83	284.16	275.18	12.48	0.698
DWG (g)	142.79B	194.33A	173.08AB	177.11AB	172.13AB	16.41	0.009
FC	1.81A	1.48B	1.61B	1.60B	1.60B	6.29	0.001

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  Means followed by equal letters, uppercase in the rows, do not differ by Student-Newman-Keuls’s test, at 5% probability. ⁽²⁾Without growth promoter. ⁽³⁾Control with 50 ppm zinc bacitracin growth promoter.

The variability of results may be a consequence of aspects that decrease the effectiveness of organic acids, such as the use of ingredients with higher buffer capacity in the digesta (Papatsiros et al., 2012) or the dietary use of less digestible protein fractions (Kommera et al., 2006; Halas et al., 2007), which shows the need for a better understanding of the use of dietary organic acids. However, some ingredients may also favor or impair the effect of organic acids, such as dairy products that are high in lactose (Suiryanrayna & Ramana, 2015) or microminerals such as zinc and copper at high levels (Boas et al., 2016). There was no effect of growth promoters on piglet performance due to the absence of challenges to the animal’s health. Therefore, the difference observed between the animals fed with antibiotic or calcium anacardate and those fed no growth promoter showed the positive effect of these additives in conditions comparable to those found in the farms.

Regarding the diarrhea incidence, animals fed a diet with antibiotics had lower diarrhea incidence than piglets from the other treatments (Table 3). Similarly, Oetting et al. (2006) reported reduced diarrhea incidence in piglets fed growth promoters (zinc bacitracin, olaquindox, and colistin), compared with animals fed a diet without growth promoter or herbal extracts of eugenol and carvacrol. Several factors are mainly responsible for post-weaning diarrhea, such as the colonization of the epithelial surface by pathogens, morpho-histological changes due to weaning stress, and the presence of undigested and non-absorbed feed residues that may act as substrates for fermentation by the intestinal microbiota, increasing the production of lactic acid and volatile fatty acids. In turn, the combination of these substrates, feed residues, and ions (sodium, potassium, and chloride) increase the osmotic potential of the intestinal contents. Therefore, the process of water reabsorption is hampered and an inflow of water into the intestinal lumen occurs, triggering diarrhea (Utiyama et al., 2006). In view of the complex etiology that involves the post-weaning diarrhea syndrome, despite the incidence of diarrhea, piglets fed a diet with calcium anacardate did not have impaired performance as observed in piglets fed diet without growth promoter.

Table 3.
Mean incidence rate and transformed means (TM) of diarrhea in piglets from 21 to 42 days of age fed diets with or without the antibiotic zinc bacitracin and different inclusion levels of calcium anacardate⁽¹⁾.

Fecal consistency	Negative control(2)	Positive control(3)	Calcium anacardate (%)			Coefficient of variation (%)	p-value
			0.4	0.8	1.2
Incidence rate (%)	26.01	14.07	30.98	27.85	24.58	-	-
Transformed means	0.54A	0.38B	0.59A	0.56A	0.51A	6.85	0.011

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  Means followed by equal letters do not differ by Student-Newman-Keuls’s test, at 5% probability. ⁽²⁾Without growth promoter. ⁽³⁾Control with 50 ppm zinc bacitracin growth promoter.

No effect of antibiotic growth promoter and calcium anacardate was observed on blood parameters, except for the red blood cell and globulin concentrations (Table 4). Higher concentration of red blood cells was found in piglets receiving antibiotics and 0.8 and 1.2% of calcium anacardate in the diet, with values within normal limits (Kaneko, 1989). Although the lowest concentration of red blood cells may be associated with the prevalence of anemia in the piglets during suckling and in the nursery stage (Bhattarai & Nielsen, 2015), due to the low turnover rate of the erythrocyte cell (85 days), values related to the quantification of these cells are not sensitive indicators of erythropoiesis. Therefore, the observed difference in red blood cells concentration may be associated with transient polycythemia, caused by the contraction of the spleen, which releases additional erythrocytes into the circulation (Soto et al., 2008).

Table 4.
Hemogram, leukogram, serum proteins, and pHs of stomach, small intestine, and cecum of 42-day old piglets fed diets with or without the antibiotic zinc bacitracin and different inclusion levels of calcium anacardate.

Variable(2)	Negative control(3)	Positive control(4)	Calcium anacardate (%)			Coefficient of variation (%)	p-value
			0.4	0.8	1.2
RBC (μL)	6.38B	7.89A	5.87B	7.81A	7.85A	11.00	0.001
Hemoglobin (g dL-1)	12.38	13.47	12.10	12.32	12.34	10.14	0.478
Hematocrit (%)	37.16	40.50	35.60	36.20	36.40	10.24	0.304
MCV (μm3)	59.00	60.65	60.80	57.02	58.06	3.74	0.352
MCHC (%)	33.25	33.50	33.96	33.96	33.72	1.21	0.055
Leukocytes (%)	13.38	17.75	15.44	17.84	16.24	20.68	0.233
Segmented (%)	55. 83	48.00	58.40	58.20	54.00	11.69	0.106
Lymphocytes (%)	37.50	41.75	37.60	33.00	38.00	19.24	0.471
Eosinophils (%)	2.16	1.00	1.40	1.40	1.40	86.21	0.695
Monocytes (%)	7.00	7.60	7.60	7.40	6.60	37.69	0.359
Platelets (μL)	556.67	648.67	414.00	476.00	488.00	26.35	0.111
Protein (g dL-1)	5. 43	4.80	5.12	5.36	5.64	10.16	0.167
Albumin (g dL-1)	2.95	2.86	2.92	2.88	2.92	21.86	0.003
Globulin (g dL-1)	3.30A	2.48B	2.95A	2.78AB	2.72AB	10.33	0.001
Stomach pH	3.14	3.28	3.63	3.54	3.67	28.71	0.897
Small intestine pH	5.86	6.07	6.14	6.37	6.67	8.00	0.037
Cecal pH	5.88A	5.23B	5.38B	5.38B	5.36B	5.89	0.015

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  Means followed by equal letters do not differ by Student-Newman-Keuls’s test, at 5% probability. ⁽²⁾RBC, red blood cells; MCV, mean corpuscular volume; and MCHC, mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration. ⁽³⁾Without growth promoter. ⁽⁴⁾Control with 50 ppm zinc bacitracin growth promoter.

For globulin, higher values were found in piglets fed a diet without growth promoter and with 0.4% calcium anacardate, whereas lower values were obtained in piglets receiving antibiotic growth promoter, which did not differ from piglets supplemented with 0.8 and 1.2% calcium anacardate. According to Robles-Huaynate et al. (2014), globulin concentrations tend to increase due to inflammatory or infectious diseases and, in this sense, the highest values observed in piglets fed diet without growth promoter confirm the lowest weight gain of the animals from 21 to 32 days of age.

The pHs of the stomach and small intestine were not affected by the dietary inclusion of antibiotic or calcium anacardate (Table 4). Although the mode of action of some organic acids consists in reducing digesta pH, the effectiveness of these substances as antimicrobials comprises the maintenance of its non-dissociated form (Partanen & Mroz, 1999), which allows the diffusion through the membrane of the microorganisms and its dissociation, affecting the enzymatic system and the transport of nutrients. Since anacardic acid is derived from salicylates (Sung et al., 2008), which pKa is between 3.0 and 3.5, pH values in the stomach of piglets would indicate a dissociation of 50% into the gastric compartment.

The cecal pH values were higher in animals fed no growth promoter. By comparing the effect of the growth-promoting antibiotic colistin sulphate with acidifiers in a mixture, Braz et al. (2011) observed that the antibiotic also resulted in increased cecal pH. Pedroso et al. (2005), evaluating the supplementation with the growth-promoting antibiotics zinc bacitracin, colistin, olaquindox, and herbal extracts of clove, oregano and thyme, reported higher abundance of bacteria in pigs fed a diet without growth promoters. In this context, due to its antimicrobial action, the growth promoter, as well as calcium anacardate, may result in a lower microbial population, which would result in lower production of short-chain fatty acids that would reduce cecal pH.

Regarding the analysis of intestinal morphometry, no effect of antibiotic growth promoter or calcium anacardate was observed in the jejunum (Table 5). In the duodenum, lower villus height was verified in piglets fed a diet without growth promoter, compared animals fed a diet containing 0.4 and 1.2% with calcium anacardate, but not differing from piglets supplemented with antibiotic growth promoter and 0.8% calcium anacardate. The piglets fed a diet without growth promoter and 0.4% calcium anacardate had higher crypt depth than those receiving antibiotic, but did not differ from piglets supplemented with 0.8 and 1.2% calcium anacardate. Consequently, a higher villus height:crypt depth ratio was observed in piglets fed diets containing antibiotic growth promoter or calcium anacardate. The reduction in villus height can be caused by the rate of cell loss from the villi due to the beginning of solid feed intake, low feed intake, bacterial toxins, and bacterial adhesion to enterocytes (Tucci et al., 2011). In turn, the rise in crypt depth occurs due to increased cell production to ensure an adequate cell turnover rate and cell replacement from the apical region of the villi. It may be detrimental to the animal because it increases energy losses with cell turnover (Oetting et al., 2006), as well as the presence of immature cells in the villi, which may lead to a higher diarrhea incidence.

Table 5.
Villus height, crypt depth, and villus height:crypt depth ratio of 42-day old piglets fed diets with or without antibiotic zinc bacitracin and different inclusion levels of calcium anacardate⁽¹⁾.

Variable	Negative control(2)	Positive control(3)	Calcium anacardate (%)			Coefficient of variation (%)	p-value
			0.4	0.8	1.2
	Duodenum
Villus height (VH, μm)	288.11B	344.52A	395.44A	351.62A	385.39A	20.52	0.015
Crypt depth (CD, μm)	141.41A	105.57B	153.51A	124.85BA	119.27BA	16.30	0.008
VH:CP ratio	2.23B	3.34A	3.16A	2.93A	3.50A	17.38	0.003
	Jejunum
Villus height (μm)	296.43	319.73	282.15	323.34	303.56	14.41	0.483
Crypt depth (μm)	106.35	107.04	103.41	128.19	106.94	20.46	0.339
VH:CP ratio	3.10	3.30	2.98	2.69	3.18	23.45	0.654

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  Means followed by equal letters do not differ by Student-Newman-Keuls’s test, at 5% probability. ⁽²⁾Without growth promoter. ⁽³⁾Control with 50 ppm zinc bacitracin growth promoter.

Conclusions

1. The replacement of the antibiotic growth promoter zinc bacitracin by calcium anacardate results in similar performance in piglets from 21 to 42 days of age, and does not alter blood parameters and the villus height:crypt depth ratio.

2. Calcium anacardate as a growth promoter does not decrease diarrhea incidence in piglets from 21 to 42 days of age.

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Publication Dates

• Publication in this collection
  Dec 2017

History

• Received
  21 Sept 2016
• Accepted
  30 Mar 2017