Effect of adding dehydrated garlic flakes into nursery feed on growth and health performance in a incidence of colibacillosis
2003
Jaetsada Jiwakanon | Sarthorn Porntrakulpipat | Pongthorn Suwannathada
Study was conducted to evaluate the effect of adding dehydrated garlic flakes (Nor-Spice, Bayer) in nursery feed for piglets on growth after weaning. A total of 192 weaning piglets were divided into 4 treatments. The first treatment was designed as the control. Three thousand ppm of dehydrated garlic flakes and antimicrobial agents for controlling diarrhea were added in the nursery feed for the second and the third treatment, respectively. The fourth treatment received 500 ppm of dehydrated garlic flakes and antimicrobial agents in the nursery feed. Average daily gain, feed conversion rate, daily feed intake, and daily diarrheal score were measured. There was no significant difference (p0.05) in the average daily gain, feed conversion rate, daily feed intake and diarrheal score of piglets among the treatments. However, dead piglets were examined and it was found that edema disease was the primary cause of death. The number of sick and dead piglets from edema disease in the first treatment was higher (p0.01) than that of the other three treatments. It might be possible that dehydrated garlic flakes could lessen the impact of naturally occurred outbreak of edema disease.
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