Generation of a novel growth-enhanced and reduced environmental impact transgenic pig strain
By
Xianwei Zhang,
Zicong Li,
Huaqiang Yang,
Dewu Liu,
Gengyuan Cai,
Guoling Li,
Jianxin Mo,
Dehua Wang,
Cuili Zhong,
Haoqiang Wang,
Yue Sun,
Junsong Shi,
Enqin Zheng,
Fanming Meng,
Mao Zhang,
Xiaoyan He,
Rong Zhou,
Jian Zhang,
Miaorong Huang,
Ran Zhang,
Ning Li,
Fanming Zhe,
Jinzeng Yang,
Zhenfang Wu
Posted 20 Jan 2018
bioRxiv DOI: 10.1101/250902
(published DOI: 10.7554/eLife.34286)
In pig production, insufficient feed digestion causes excessive nutrients such as phosphorus and nitrogen, which are then released to the environment. To address the issue of environmental emissions, we have established transgenic pigs harboring a single-copy quad-cistronic transgene and simultaneously expressing three microbial enzymes, β-glucanase, xylanase, and phytase in the salivary glands. All the transgenic enzymes were successfully expressed, and the digestion of non-starch polysaccharides (NSPs) and phytate in the feedstuff was enhanced. Fecal nitrogen and phosphate outputs were reduced by 23%–46%, and growth rate improved by 23.4% (gilts) and 24.4% (boars) when the pigs were fed on a corn and soybean-based diet and high-NSP diet. The transgenic pigs showed a 11.5%–14.5% improvement in feed conversion rate compared to the age-matched wild-type littermates. These findings indicate that transgenic pigs are promising resources for improving feed efficiency and reducing nutrient emissions to the environment.
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