Effect of microcapsulated B-mannanase feed supplementation on production performance of starter and grower pigs

Date

6-2015

Degree

Doctor of Veterinary Medicine

College

College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM)

Adviser/Committee Chair

Joseph P. Olarve

Abstract

Production performance of starter and grower pigs supplemented with microencapsulated β-mannanase was measured in the study. One hundred fifty six nursery pigs were used and randomly distributed to two treatment groups (control and β-mannanase treated), each subdivided into four replicates with 19-20 pigs per replicate following a completely randomized design. Average body weight gain, Average daily gain, average feed consumption, average daily feed intake and feed conversion ratio in each stage were gathered. Results showed that significant differences were found on the total weight gain, ADG and FCR of the treatment versus the control group in the starter period. No significant differences were observed on these parameters in the grower period. No significant differences were observed on the ADFI and average feed consumption on the starter and grower period. This therefore concludes that β-mannanase can be used to improve the performance of starter pigs.

Language

English

Location

UPLB College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM)

Call Number

LG 993.5 2015 V4 P63

Document Type

Thesis

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