Title
Effect of the supplementation of a microencapsulated acidifier in the ration on the productive behavior of piglets and sows
Other title
Efecto de la suplementaciÓn de un acidificante microencapsulado en la raciÓn sobre el comportamiento productivo de gorrinos y marranas
Date Issued
01 January 2006
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Abstract
The objective of the present study was to determine the effect of supplementing acidifiers to weaned piglets and sows on productive and health parameters. In the first assaywas used 360 weaned piglets from 21 till 42 days of age, randomly distributed into three treatments: a) control group without acidifier, b) supplemented with microencapsulated acidifier, and c) supplemented with powder acidifier. In the second assay, 27 sows were used from day 93 of gestation till end of lactation (21 days), randomly distributed into two treatments: a) control group without acidifier, and b) supplemented with microencapsulated acidifier. In the first assay, none statistical differences were found between treated groups on bodyweight gain from weaning till 42 days of age (175 g/day), feed intake (357 g/day per animal), feed conversion index (1.03), and diarrhea cases (19.7%). In the second assay, none statistical differences were found between treated groups on feed intake (4.6 kg/day), body weight loss in sows (15.0 kg), number of aliveborn piglets per sow (14.5), bodyweight at birth (1.5 kg), bodyweight at weaning (5.1 kg), mortality(9.5%) and diarrhea cases (16.5%) in piglets, and on the interval between weaning and first postpartum oestrus (7.1 days).
Start page
89
End page
95
Volume
17
Issue
2
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencia veterinaria
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85047140185
Source
Revista de Investigaciones Veterinarias del Peru
ISSN of the container
16823419
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