Herbs additive projection on pigs growth intensity and digestive tract microflora
2006
Jansons, I. | Nudiens, J.
A study was conducted to determine efficiency of a phytoadditive on pig growth processes and digestive tract microflora. The pigs of control group were fed without the phytoadditive. The feed of the trial group piglets contained 0.5% of the phytoadditive per tonne feed, for starter pigs and finished pigs - 0.2% per tonne feed. The study indicated that at the age of 170 days, pig mass in the trial group was 111.67+-1.22 kg on average, but in the control group - 101.79+-0.81 kg, which showed that pigs from the trial group had by 9.7% higher average mass than in the control group (p is less than 0.05). Average daily gain for the trial group was 0.777+-0.009 kg, which was by 12 % more than for the control group pigs (p is less than 0.05). Feed conversion in the trial group was 2.928 kg, but in the control group - 3.129 kg, which was by 6.4% higher than in the trial group. Gastric microflora analyses showed that use of phytoadditive reduced mould colony forming units (CFU) amount in the trial group decreased by 24 times. Duodenum microflora analyses showed that use of phytoadditive reduced mould CFU amount by 25%, yeast CFU amount by 34%, Escherichia coli mesophilic and termophilic forms CFU by 16.3% compared to the control. A lactic acid bacterium CFU in the trial group was 2.5 times higher compared to the control. Rectum microflora analyses showed that use of phytoadditive reduced mould CFU amount by 31.6%, yeast CFU amount - by 62%, Escherichia coli mesophilic and termophilic forms by 57 % and 15.6 % respectively. Lactic acid bacteria CFU amount in 1 g of sample in the trial group increased by 5.1 times.
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