Growth performance, morality and morbidity rates of normal birthweight and underweight newborn piglets with and without piggy boost / by Chester M. Macatangay.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Publication details: Indang, Cavite : 2007. Cavite State University- Main Campus,Description: xiv, 57 pages : illustrations ; 28 cmContent type:- text
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- 636.408 M11 2007
- College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (VETMET)
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Thesis (Doctor of Veterinary Medicine) Cavite State University.
Includes bibliographical references.
College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (VETMET)
MACATANGAY, CHESTER MAGSINO Cavite State University, Indang, Cavite. April
2007. Growth Performance, Mortality and Morbidity of Normal Birth Weight and Underweight Newborn Piglets Supplemented With and Without Piggy Boost@.Undergraduate Thesis. Doctor of Veterinary Medicine. Adviser: Dr. Raymond Martin F. Serrano.
The study was undertaken to determine the growth performance, mortality and morbidity of normal biff) weight and underweight newborn piglets supplemented with
and without Piggy Boost. The study used 48 new bom piglets divided in four groups as follows: 12 normal birth weight without Piggy Boost@ (Control 1), 12 normal bm weight wit Piggy Boost (Treatment 1), 12 underweight newborn piglets without Piggy Boost@ (Control 2) and 12 underweight newborn piglets with Piggy Boost@ (Treatment 2). The parameters used in the study were body weight, average daily gain (ADG) and feed conversion ratio (FCR).
The results gathered between four groups were compared and revealed tlat piglets supplemented with Piggy Boost@ improved their body weight by 15.33% in normal birth weight and 29.6% for underweight compared to control group. 18.75% and 39.29% increase in average daily gain in normal birth weight and underweight piglets respectively was observed. 17.25% and 21.52% improvement in feed conversion ratio was noted in normal birth weight and underweight piglets in those supplemented with Piggy Boost@.
Higher morbidity rate was observed among piglets in the control group's which was due to scouring, one mortality was observed among normal binh weight without Piggy Boost@ and two mortality were observed among underweight not supplemented. Piggy Booster which was attributed to scouring. There was a decreased morbidity rate piglet and no mortality was observed in piglets supplemented with Piggy Boost@. The observed morbidity and mortality rates may not be correlated with fluctuations in the environmental temperature considering that the piglets are mobile and have the access to select their thermal comfort zones. Cost and return and analysis revealed that piglets supplemented Piggy Boost@
were more profitable compared to those without supplementation with an average
difference of P 3,423.00 for the two treatment groups.
Submitted to the University Library 04-03-2007 T-3465