Effect of an immunostimulant on the growth performance of weaned piglets / by John Renz C. Villanueva.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Publication details: Indang, Cavite : 2011. Cavite State University- Main Campus,Description: xi, 52 pages : illustrations ; 28 cmContent type:- text
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- 636.408 V71 2011
- College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (VETMET)
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Thesis (Doctor of Veterinary Medicine) Cavite State University
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College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (VETMET)
VILLANUEVA, JOHN RENZ CHUA, Cavite State University, Indang, Cavite. April 2011. Effect of an Immunostimulant on the Growth Performance of Weaned Piglets. Undergraduate Thesis. Doctor of Veterinary Medicine. Adviser: Chester Joshua V. Saldana DVM.
The study aimed to determine the effect of immuno stimulant supplementation on the growth performance of weaned piglets in terms of average daily gain (ADG), feed conversion ratio (FCR), mortality and morbidity rates and cost and return. Ninety six (96) thirty-day old piglets of different breeds and sexes were used in the study. Piglets were equally divided into treatment groups using Complete Randomized Design (CRD). The first group served as the control group and the second as the treatment group fed with commercial feed with immunostimulant added. Results of the study revealed that immunostimulant additive have significant effect on the average daily gain (ADG) of the treatment group (0.51 kg) compared to the control group (0.37 kg). On the other hand, there is no significant effect observed on the feed conversion ratio (FCR) between treatment (1.90) and control (2.63) groups. There was significant difference on the morbidity rate between treatment group (18.75%) and control group (41.67%). However, mortality rate had no statistical difference between treatment (4.17%) and control (12.5%) groups. The cost and return analysis showed that treatment group (Php 39,760.12) is more profitable compared to the control group (Php -1,427.28).
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