ISSN : 1225-2964(Print)
ISSN : 2287-3317(Online)
ISSN : 2287-3317(Online)
Annals of Animal Resource Sciences Vol.25 No.1 pp.14-22
DOI : https://doi.org/10.12718/AARS.2014.25.1.14
DOI : https://doi.org/10.12718/AARS.2014.25.1.14
해양성 광천수가 자돈의 성장 및 혈액성상에 미치는 영향
Effect of Brine Mineral Water on Growth Performance and Properties of Blood in Weaning Pigs
(Received 10 October 2013, Revised 11 March 2014, Accepted 12 March 2014)
Abstract
This experiment was conducted to investigate effect of brine mineral water (BMW) on growth performanceand properties of blood in weaning pigs. Treatments allotted were 0% (general water), 2%, 3% and 5% BMW.In growth trial, a total of 36 weaning pig barrows [(Landrace×Yorkshire)×Duroc] weaned after 21 days withan average initial weight of 5.38±0.89 kg were used. Each treatment had 3 replications of 3 pigs per pen ina randomized complete block design. Weaning pigs were investigated for growth performance, completeblood corpuscle count and blood biochemical assay. In results, growth performance of 2% and 3% treatmentgroups were significantly higher than other groups (p<0.05). In addition, high density lipoprotein cholesterolwas significantly (p<0.05) higher in 2% group than other treatment groups. On the other hand, meancorpuscular volume of supplement of BMW treatment groups were significantly (p<0.05) increased thancontrol. Therefore, this study suggests that supplementation of BMW could improve growth performance andlevel of red blood cell in weaning pigs.