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DIETARY LAURIC ACID SUPPLEMENTATION IN LARGE WHITE YORKSHIRE CROSS PIGLETS AND ITS EFFECT ON PRODUCTION AND HEALTH

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Title DIETARY LAURIC ACID SUPPLEMENTATION IN LARGE WHITE YORKSHIRE CROSS PIGLETS AND ITS EFFECT ON PRODUCTION AND HEALTH
 
Creator G.G. Marsha
M. Venkateswarlu
G. Alexander
M. Hanumanth Rao
B. Ekambaram
S. Parashuramulu
 
Subject Antibiotic
Digestibility
Faecal microflora
Growth
Lauric acid
Piglets
 
Description An experiment (97 days) was conducted to investigate the dietary lauric acid (LA) supplementation on performance, digestibility and faecal microflora counts in Large White Yorkshire cross piglets. A basal diet was (BD) prepared as a negative control without supplementation and a positive control with an antibiotic (chlortetracycline at 0.05%) supplementation (BDA). Another two diets were prepared by supplementing LA at 0.2 and 0.4% levels to the basal diet. Dietary inclusion of LA or antibiotic significantly (P<0.01) improved the body weight and feed efficiency and recorded highest (P<0.01) body weights with 0.4% LA, while lowest (P<0.01) weight gain with control group. Significantly higher FCR (P<0.01) was observed in LA fed animals and the lowest (P<0.01) was recorded in the BD and BDA groups. The improved (P<0.05) digestibility of organic matter, crude fiber, ether extract and nitrogen free extract was observed with 0.4% LA. The faecal total bacterial count and E.coli count were lowered (P<0.01) with LA supplementation, while highest count was observed in control group. Hence, it was concluded that, supplementation of LA at 0.2 to 0.4 % in the diets of LWY piglets showed increased weight gain, feed efficiency and nutrient digestibility by reducing faecal microflora count in LWY piglets. 
 
Publisher Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University
 
Date 2024-05-23
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJVASR/article/view/149302
 
Source Indian Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Research; Vol. 52 No. 6 (2023): IJVASR November - December 2023; 69-82
2347-2774
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJVASR/article/view/149302/54063
 
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