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- Title
INFLUENCE OF FEED ADDITIVE FROM PEAT ON MORPHOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL BLOOD PROFILE OF PIGLETS.
- Authors
Yefimov, Valentyn; Kostiushkevych, Kostiantyn; Rakytianskyi, Vitalii
- Abstract
The aim of our study was to establish the influence of feed additive based on peat on physiological and biochemical parameters of blood of piglets in the suckling and early post-weaning period. For this purpose, the control and the experimental groups of piglets were formed. The experimental animals were additionally getting feed additive from the 3rd to the 42nd day of life. Blood was sampled at the end of the experimental period. At the end of the study, the feed additive was found to decrease the signs typical to the stress syndrome. It increases the basophiles and eosinophiles count in blood, as well as decreases the neutrophils count in blood by 26.7% (P<0.05). Biochemical changes indicate an increase in the level of albumin by 9.0% (P<0.05) and a decrease in glucose concentration by 17.4% (P<0.05). Thus, the use of a feed additive for piglets leads to greater adaptive capacity of piglets to the stress associated with their weaning and the transition to combifodder consumption.
- Subjects
BLOOD testing; FEED additives; PSYCHOLOGICAL stress; EOSINOPHILS; PIGLETS; ANIMAL health
- Publication
Veterinarija ir Zootechnika, 2017, Vol 75, Issue 97, p17
- ISSN
1392-2130
- Publication type
Article