piglet

The effect of replacing soybean oil (SO) with palm oil (PO) on growth performance, feeding regulation, and microbial diversity of weaned piglets is investigated. We randomly allocate 144 21-day-old weaned piglets (Duroc × Landrace × Yorkshire) to four treatments with 12 replicates (3 piglets/replicate). The control group (CON) used 4% SO as the lipid source, while the experimental groups replaced 25% (T1), 50% (T2), and 100% (T3) of the SO with PO, respectively. The study lasted for 35 days. Average daily gain (ADG) increased in T1 and T3, and the feed/gain ratio (F/G) decreased from 0–14 d (p