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- Title
CUCURBITA MAXIMA AMBAR AS UNCONVENTIONAL FEEDSTUFF IN PIGLETS' FEEDING.
- Authors
Gajewczyk, P.; Konisiewicz, K.; Akińcza, J.
- Abstract
Except conventional fodders in pigs feeding, the unconventional ones may play an important role. They include pumpkin that some varieties may be applied in pigs' production. Taking into consideration a short lactation period, and resulting earlier feeding of piglets, the research aimed at demonstration of an influence of giving a mixed pumpkin of Ambar variety (experimental group) and all-mash feed mixture prestarter type (control group) to suckling piglets in a period from 7th to 28th day of life on their growth, immunity and production profitability were carried out. Experiment was conducted on industrial farm on 40 litters', chosen from a technological group counting 47 litters', where 20 ones were e control group and next 20 experimental one. In the 7th day of life blood for analyses was collected from randomly chosen and marked with ear clips 24 piglets (12 from each group) in order to determine immunity of suckling piglets in a moment of a start of an experiment. Blood from a neck artery was collected from the same piglets on the 28th day of life to assess their immunity on a basis of protein fractions in blood serum (moment of and of an experiment). The level of crude protein, albumin and α, β, γ fraction of globulins were determined in blood serum. Feed intake by litters' was controlled during an experiment. Not only quantity of utilized feed mixtures but their price value as well were subject to analyses. Obtained results were worked out statistically. Obtained results are not only interesting, but encourage to further research in this field. Piglets having a choice between all-mash prestarter feed mixture and mixed pumpkin used to choose a pumpkin first, and the amount of consumed pumpkin recalculated for a litter or a piglet clearly exceeded an amount of prestarter mixture despite it smelled with vanilla. Mean body mass of piglets weaned from both groups in 4th week of life were slightly different. Piglets from control group were a bit heavier. Only 3,88% of piglets in experimental group did during an experiment, while it was 10,58% in control one. In an experimental group any such drastic decrease in albumin level in blood serum of piglets during weaning was observed as it took place in a control group comparing to a concentration of this protein fraction at the moment of a start of an experiment. In order to obtain well profitability of piglets production, the feeding of piglets in lactation period should be based on mixed pumpkin of Ambar variety.
- Subjects
ANIMAL feeding; PROTEINS in animal nutrition; COMPOSITION of feeds; PIGLETS; SWINE; CUCURBITA; PUMPKINS; ANIMAL nutrition; ALBUMINS; ANIMAL health
- Publication
Zeszyty Naukowe Uniwersytetu Przyrodniczego we Wroclawiu: Biologia i Hodowla Zwierzat, 2009, Vol 58, Issue 572, p29
- ISSN
1897-208X
- Publication type
Article