Effect of carnitine supplementation on growth performance and economics in pigs fed high fat diet

Autor:	A.P. Usha, Arathy Saseendran, K. George Sherin, K. Ally
Rok vydání:	2017
Předmět:	Animal fat General Veterinary Individual animal Primary response High fat diet Biology Feed conversion ratio Animal science medicine Animal Science and Zoology Dry matter Carnitine medicine.symptom Weight gain medicine.drug
Zdroj:	Indian Journal of Animal Research.
ISSN:	0976-0555 0367-6722
Popis:	Thirty two weaned piglets were randomly divided into three groups allotted to the three dietary treatments, T1- control ration, T2- control ration plus 5 per cent fat and T3- T2 plus 150 mg/kg carnitine. The total dry matter intake, fortnightly body weight of each individual animal and economics were recorded. There was a significant improvement (P>0.01; and 0.05) observed for pigs under supplemented group (T2 and T3) than that of control group (T1) with regards to all growth parameters studied during growing phase than finisher phase and overall period. The cost of feed per kg weight gain during the overall period was found to be comparable among treatments (T1, T2, and T3). It may be concluded that primary response of pigs to dietary supplements were more during growing stage than finisher and inclusion of 5 % fat would be beneficial for improving growth in weaned LWY piglets.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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