Effects of rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis L.) in starter diets on the performance of weanling pigs

Date

4-2012

Degree

Bachelor of Science in Agriculture

Major Course

Major in Animal Science

College

College of Agriculture and Food Science (CAFS)

Adviser/Committee Chair

Roxas, Domingo B.

Abstract

A 30-day feeding trial on starter pigs was conducted to investigate the use of rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis L.) as a natural growth promoter of weanling pigs. Rosemary herbs were oven dried and finely ground using a feed grinder and were added to starter diets at three concentrations (0%, 0.5% and 1%). A total of 15 one-month old piglets with an average initial weight of 11.23 kg were assigned equally into the three dietary treatments following a completely randomized design and were fed twice a day. The average daily gain, average daily feed intake, feed conversion ratio and feed cost efficiency of the starter pigs in each treatment were compared. No significant differences were observed in the daily feed intake, daily live weight gain and feed conversion ratio of the starter pigs fed with diets containing 0%, 0.5% or 1% rosemary. The feed cost efficiency of pigs fed with diets containing 0% rosemary was better than those fed with 0.5% or 1% rosemary in the diet, mainly due to the added cost of dried rosemary, whose price per kilogram was P1.652.89.

Language

English

Location

UPLB College of Veterinary Medicine

Call Number

Thesis

Document Type

Thesis

This document is currently not available here.

Share

COinS