Growth performance of weanling pigs offered drinking water with lactic acid bacteria serum

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 study was conducted to determine the effects of organically- produced Lactic Acid Bacteria Serum (LABS) supplementation in drinking water on growth performance of weanling pigs. Sixteen weanling pigs (7-15 kg initial weight) were individually- penned and randomly distributed in four treatments: (1) control diet + drinking water; (2) control diet + drinking water supplemented with 5 grams antibiotics; (3) control diet + drinking water supplemented with 30mL LABS and; (4) control diet + drinking water supplemented with 60mL LABS. The treatments were distributed following randomized complete block design with weight as the blocking factor. The weanling pigs were fed with pre- starter diet for 30 days. Results showed that there is no significant difference in average daily gain, feed intake, feed conversion ratio and scouring incidence among the treatments.

Language

English

Location

UPLB Main Library Special Collections Section (USCS)

Call Number

LG 993.5 2014 A3 /C84

Document Type

Thesis

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