Growth performance, haematology and insulin profile of weanling pigs fed graded levels zinc oxide supplemented diet
2015; Agricultural Research Communication Centre; Issue: OF Linguagem: Inglês
10.18805/ijar.5576
ISSN0976-0555
AutoresFestus Otaka Abonyi, Echezona E. Ogoenyi, James I. Eze, Ndubuisi Samuel Machebe,
Tópico(s)Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
ResumoLandrace x Duroc crossbred intact male pigs (n=24) weighing between 11.05 to 11.35kg and aged 7.5 to 8.0 weeks were assigned to four treatments groups (A, B, C and D) by a complete randomized design. A common grower diet was supplemented with ZnO at 100 (A,control), 1000 (B), 1500 (C) and 2000mg/kg (D), and fed to the animals ad libitum for 10 weeks.Their feed intake, weight gainand feed: gain, packed cell volume (PCV), haemoglobin concentration (Hb), red blood cell count (RBC), total white blood cell (TWBC),differential white blood cell (DWBC) and insulin profile were determined. There were no significant(P > 0.05) differences indailyfeed intake,feed: gain and in most haematological parameters investigated.Lymphocyte count was significantly (P
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