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PHYTOBIOTICS AS AN ALTERNATIVE FEED ADDITIVE
2023
C. Valli | R. Kavitha
The identification and development of new and effective alternatives to antibiotics that do not hinder productivity assumes paramount importance in the context of antimicrobial resistance and food safety. In recent years, phytobiotics have been used as natural growth promoters in ruminants, poultry and swine, to improve growth and health. A wide variety of herbs, spices and essential oils have been used individually or as blends in poultry for their potential application as alternative growth promoters. In nursery and growing pigs supplemented with phytobiotics, intestinal pathogens were inhibited and beneficial microbial population that contributes to improving digestion and absorption of nutrients were increased resulting in increased weight gain and decrease in diarrheal syndrome. The inclusion of essential oils in the diet of finishing pigs, improved the productive yield and carcass characteristics. It also reduced the incidence of therapeutic treatment and mortality. Natural plant products have the potential to improve rumen fermentation, reduce loss of feed energy, improve animal health and productivity, increase animal lifetime performance, and reduce greenhouse gases production in ruminants. Phytobiotics with wide range of activities, is projected as a feed additive for higher market growth compared to other alternatives to antibiotics in the feed industry.
اظهر المزيد [+] اقل [-]Detection of InvA gene in isolated Salmonella isolates from spleen of pigs by Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR).
2011
Chopade, N.A | Kurkure, N. V. | Narkhede, H. P. | Barbuddhe, S. B. | Bhandarkar, A.G. | Kalorey, D.R.
Nine Salmonella isolates (11.25%) from 80 spleen samples of pigs collected from slaughter house detected by conventional culturing when subjected to Salmonella-specific gene (invA) yielded product a 284-bp DNA fragment.
اظهر المزيد [+] اقل [-]Prediction of body weight based on body measurements of pig.
2011
Kumar, Ravindra | Kuma, Ashok | Patel, M. | Kumar, Anil | Yadav, A. K.
Atotal of twenty four LargeWhite Yorkshireweaners nearly of same body weight were selected for the present study.The prediction equations were constructed to estimate the body weight of pigs indirectly from different body measurements of 24 pigs. The body weight was highly correlated (PO.OI)with body length, heart girth and height at withers. Accuracy for the measurement of body weight with prediction equation using one or two independent variables shifting from heart girth to height at withers with increase in body weight. Coefficient of multiple determination (R2)increases gradually as the number of independent variables increased in the prediction equation and the best prediction equation was observed when all the 3 body measurements were included in the equation. orrelationcoefficientof body weightwith body measurementswere also foundto be highly correlated.
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