Growth performance of early-weaned pigs fed with black pepper-supplemented diets

Date

4-2014

Degree

Bachelor of Science in Agriculture

Major Course

Major in Animal Science

College

College of Agriculture and Food Science (CAFS)

Adviser/Committee Chair

Christine B. Adiova

Abstract

The experiment was conducted to determine the effects of black pepper (Piper nigrum L.) powder on the growth performance and scouring incidence of early-weaned pigs. A total of 24 newly-weaned (-21-22 days old) triple-crossbred [(Landrace x Yorkshire) x Duroc] pigs were individually penned and randomly distributed following the principle of RCBD into four treatments: Treatment 1- control diet (commercial diet), Treatment 2-control + 0.02% black pepper, Treatment 3-control +0.04% black pepper and Treatment 4- control + 0.06% black pepper. Each treatment had four replicates having one pig per replicate. Initially, the pigs weighed 6.23 kg and they were fed with their respective diets for 28 days. Results of the proximate analysis showed that the addition of black pepper increased the protein content of the diet but only in a minimal amount because the supplement was only added in small amounts. Results of the study showed that black pepper had no effect on the body weight and weight gain, feed consumption and feed efficiency of the pigs. Scouring incidence was also not effected by the supplementation of black pepper. Feed cost efficiency analysis showed that 0.02% BP is the most feed cost efficient however, it was only due ti numerical differences in the parameters used and have no statistical basis.

Language

English

Location

UPLB Main Library Special Collections Section (USCS)

Call Number

LG 993.5 2014 A3 /B38

Document Type

Thesis

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