Administration of a novel plant extract product via drinking water to post-weaning piglets: effects on performance and gut health
| Autor: | Valentino Bontempo, X.R. Jiang, F. Vitari, G. Mantovani, Cinzia Domeneghini, Federica Cheli, Alessandro Agazzi, L. Lo Verso |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Diarrhea
Veterinary medicine Swine Weaning Biology Weight Gain medicine.disease_cause SF1-1100 Camellia sinensis Feces Random Allocation Enterobacteriaceae Weaned piglets Lactobacillus Escherichia coli medicine Animals Re feeding Escherichia coli Infections Lythraceae Swine Diseases Plant Extracts Drinking Water Enterobacteriaceae Infections gut health biology.organism_classification Green tea Animal culture Plant Leaves Fruit Dietary Supplements plant extract piglet Post weaning Animal Science and Zoology performance |
| Zdroj: | Animal, Vol 8, Iss 5, Pp 721-730 (2014) |
| ISSN: | 1751-7311 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/s175173111400041x |
| Popis: | The present study evaluated the effects of a novel plant extract (PE) product (GrazixTM) on the performance and gut health of weaned piglets challenged with Escherichia coli. The PE was a standardised mixture of green tea leaves (Camellia sinensis) and pomegranate fruit (Punica granatum) obtained by using the LiveXtractTM process. A total of 144 piglets were weaned at 24 days and allocated to 8 for a 35-day experiment with a 2×2×2 factorial design comparing different treatments (water without product (CT) or 8 μl/kg per day PE in drinking water (PE)), feeding regimens (ad libitum (AD) or restricted (RE)) and oral E. coli challenges on day 9 (sham (−) or infected (+)). There were six pens per group with three piglets per pen. On day 35, 24 of the RE feeding piglets were slaughtered. It was found that PE supplementation increased the average daily gain (ADG) from day 28 to day 35 (P=0.03) and increased the gain to feed ratio (G : F) from day 7 to day 14 (P=0.02). RE feeding led to lower feed intake in piglets during the 1st week (P |
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