Effects of Dietary Animunin Powder^®on Growth Performance and Blood Components in Nursery and Growing Pigs

Abstract

Two experiments were conducted to investigate the effects of Animunin Powder supplementation on the growth performance and blood components in nursery and growing pigs. In Exp. 1, ninety six pigs(initial mean live weights 27.6 ± 2.63kg) were randomly allocated into four treatments with six replications per each treatment. Four treatments were control(CON), control 0.1% Antibiotics(AB), control 0.1% Animunin Powder (AM), and control 0.1% Antibiotics 0.1% Animunin Powder (ABM). During 4 weeks experiment, ADG of pigs was significantly(P < 0.05) higher in ABM treatment compared with CON and AB treatments. Serum IgG concentration was higher(P < 0.05) in AM and ABM treatments than CON. Serum from treated pigs ABM had higher(P < 0.05) albumin concentration in comparison to CON and AB treatments. In addition, higher (P < 0.05) serum lymphocyte concentration was found in ABM treatment compared with CON and AM treatments. Digestibility of dry matter was higher(P < 0.05) in ABM treatment compared with AB and AM treatments. However, no statistical differences(P > 0.05) were found in total protein content of serum and crude protein digestibility of diets. In Exp. 2, seventy five pigs(initial mean live weights 40.22 ± 2.82kg) were randomly allocated into three treatments with 5 replicates per each treatment for 29 days. Three treatments were control(CON), control 0.1% Animunin Powder (AM1) and control 0.2% Animunin Powder (AM2). During the whole experiment, pigs fed AM1 and AM2 diets were shown higher ADG than pigs fed CON diet. The ADFI of AM1 diet is higher(P < 0.05) compared to that of CON diet. Serum IgG and albumin concentration of AM1 and AM2 treatments were greater than those of CON treatment(P < 0.05). Lymphocyte was highest for AM1 and lowest for CON, with intermediate for AM2(P < 0.05). In conclusion, Animunin Powder was effective for improving growth performance and to increase the concentrations of blood IgG, albumin, total protein and lymphocyte in nursery and growing pigs.

A polyherbal phytogenic additive improved growth performance, health, and immune response in dairy calves

“…However, digestibility was not reported in either study. In non-ruminants, Shon et al (2004) observed an increase in feed digestibility using a herbal source similar to HAnS. The difference in results could be related to flavour and palatability, which could depend on the type and dose of the phytogenic source (Upadhaya & Kim, 2017).…”