Morphological and biochemical blood parameters of piglets feeding the feed additive “activo”

Abstract

It has been established that the blood test is one of the quick methods of assessing the physiological state of the body under the action of exogenous stimuli, what is important when testing new feed additives in pig feeding. Studies of morphological blood parameters showed that feeding young pigs with starter feed with feed additive “Activo” helped to increase the red blood cells and hemoglobin level. Thus, the hemoglobin content in the blood of pigs of the second group increased by 7.5 % compared to the control. The difference between the control and experimental groups for red blood cells was highly significant (P < 0.001) in favor of the latter. The content of leukocytes and eosinophils in the blood of young animals of the experimental group increased in comparison with the same parameter of control group, while the content of bacillary and segmented granulocytes and monocytes is insignificantly reduced or at the control level. Biochemical parameters of blood showed that in experimental animals the content of total protein increased by 19.4 %, albumin by 11.1 %, globulins by 3.07 %. These results were obtained as a result of scientific and economic experiment on two groups-analogues of young large white breed pigs of PIC genetics, 25 animals each. The initial live weight of piglets was 12 kg. The starting feed of piglets consisted of barley stubble – 28 %, wheat – 29.79 %, corn – 15 %, soybean oilcake – 22.91 %, premix “Nutrimin” – 4.3 %. During the main period of the experiment, the animals of the experimental group received the feed additive “Activo” in the amount of 0.2 kg t, which was produced by the German company EW Nutrition GmBH. The level of feeding provided average daily gains by groups within the following limits: 562 and 621 g respectively control and experimental groups. The average daily weight gain of young pigs of the second group was higher than the control group by 52 g, or 9.14 % (P ˂ 0.001). Accordingly, the absolute gain in these animals increases by 1.4 kg. Feed conversion rate per 1 kg of gain decreased by 0.18, or 8.5 % (P < 0.001) comparing to the first.