Efficacy of Polyherbal Feed Supplements on Growth Performance and Nutrient Digestibility of Grower Pigs
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Lavanya Mamidala
SVVU
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D. Suresh Babu
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J. Suresh
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B. Punya Kumari
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G. V. Bhaskar Reddy
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Bhaskar Ganguly
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M. Kamalnath Reddy
Keywords:
Polyherbal supplements, Pigs, Growth Performance, Nutrient digestibilityAbstract
The present experimental trial was conducted to determine the efficacy of different polyherbal feed additives on the growth performance and nutrient utilization of weaned piglets during grower phase. 30 weaned piglets were made into five groups and each group with six piglets were fed with common concentrate feed mixture (CFM) without any herbal feed supplement (T0), CFM with Restobal @ 15ml/day/animal once in three days mixed with feed (T1), CFM with Stresomix @ 250g/tonne (T2), CFM with Ruchamax (T3) and Nbiotic (T4) each @ 500g/tonne, respectively up to attaining of live weight about 35 kg. During the experiment, the daily feed intake as well as weekly body weight were recorded. Digestion trial at the end of study period was conducted for seven days to determine the nutrient digestibility. Addition of herbal feed supplements did not significantly (P>0.05) influenced the initial, final body weights and feed consumption (kg/day) of pigs. A significant (P<0.05) higher body weight gain (kg) as well as average daily weight gain (g) was found in pigs fed with herbal feed supplements (T1 to T4) than control diet (T0). Among all experimental groups of pigs, pigs fed with Stresomix (T2) attained 35 kg body weight in 67 days only followed by T3 groups in 72 days, T4 and T1 groups in 73 days and T0 groups in 80 days. A significant (P<0.05) CP a digestibility per cent were found in pigs fed with herbal feed supplements (T1 to T4) than control diet (T0). It was concluded that inclusion of polyherbal preparation at appropriate dose with concentrate ration will improve the performance and nutrient digestibility in pigs without adverse effects on their health.
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