Effect of Feeding Probiotics and Milk Powder Supplemented Creep Ration on the Growth Performance and Efficiency of Feed Utilization in Pre-weaning Piglets
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Monica Tissopi
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J. P. Bordoloi
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Jakir Hussain
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H. F. Ahmed
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Rajib Kro
Keywords:
, Feed conversion ratio, Growth performance, Hampshire piglets, Milk powder, probiotics, Pre-weaningAbstract
The experiment was conducted to study the effect of creep feeding and its enrichment with probiotics and milk powder on the growth performance and efficiency of feed utilization in pre-weaning piglets. For the study 28 piglets of uniform size and body weight were selected from four litters of Hampshire sows of similar parity and allocated to 4 different dietary groups: T0 (fed conventional creep feed alone, control), T1 (fed 5% milk powder supplemented creep feed), T2 (fed probiotics supplemented creep feed added @1g per kg creep feed) and T3 (fed creep feed supplemented with 5% milk powder + probiotics @1g per kg creep feed) respectively, upto weaning age. The results of the body weights at 8th week of age was found to be significantly higher (P<0.01) in the treatment groups compared to the control group. Also the results of average body weight gains indicated that it maintained a positive relationship with body weight change in different weeks. The overall average results of the weekly feed consumption showed that piglets getting combined supplementation of milk powder and probiotics (T3) had highest (P<0.01) feed consumption with better feed gain ratio followed by T2,T1 and T0 piglet groups. Supplementation of probiotics and milk powder in the creep ration of suckling piglets resulted in a positive impact on their growth performance with an efficient feed utilization.
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