Increasing the productivity and preservation of pigs by remedies of natural origin

Antonina Dedkova,Natalia Sergeyeva,A.Y Aidiev,L.I Belyaeva,Y Brinza,A.A Muratov,O.K Nikulina,B.U Baykhozhaeva,V.I Turusov,A.I Hrabovets,E.A Pyanikova,A.A Yevglevsky

doi:10.1051/bioconf/20213204001

Abstract

Research materials on the use of herbal infusions for the correction of weaning stress in piglets, as well as the complex use of natural products as stress correctors are presented in the article. Infusions of medicinal plants from the leaves of nettle, plantain, rose hips and rowan were used to normalize metabolism and increase the overall immunological resistance of the body. They are distinguished by good tolerance, very rare development of negative side reactions, even with prolonged use. It has been experimentally established that the adaptogenic effect of infusions of nettle, plantain, wild rose and rowan is manifested by an increase in the general nonspecific resistance of the animal body due to the effect on the stress-limiting systems of the body. As a result of the studies carried out, it was found that the use of medicinal plants had a positive effect on the use of feed nutrients by animals and a change in the live weight of pigs. The complex use of natural remedies contributed to an increase in the growth rate of young animals and, ultimately, to an increase in their preservation and productivity. The use of rose hip infusions 20 days before weaning of piglets from sows turned out to be the most effective in terms of preservation, growth and additional income when growing piglets.

Highlights

Intensive livestock management involves taking into account the physiological capabilities of the animal organism at all stages of their individual development
As a result of the studies carried out, it was found that animals in the control and all experimental groups had the same live weight at birth
Live weight at birth ranged from 1.04 kg in the second experimental group to 1.09 kg in the control group

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Intensive livestock management involves taking into account the physiological capabilities of the animal organism at all stages of their individual development. There are especially many different unfavorable stress factors in pig production. Stressogenic nature is associated with the impact on the animal's body of factors of early weaning, rearrangements, transport stress, physical inactivity, informational and emotional stress, therapeutic and prophylactic measures and other stress factors [1, 4, 5]. The regulatory activity of the body, when exposed to unfavorable technological factors, requires colossal energy and plastic costs under conditions of intense functioning of all organs and systems, which can lead to suppression of immunity, disruption of the gastrointestinal tract, impairment of reproductive functions and, in addition, to increasing the risk of developing various diseases and reducing the productivity of animals [6, 7, 8].

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