Dietary Supplementation of Herbal Methionine (Methiorep) on the Performance of Large White Yorkshire Pigs
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2016-08
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A growth trial was conducted to assess the dietary supplementation of herbal
methionine on the performance of Large White Yorkshire pigs at Pig Breeding Unit, Post
Graduate Research institute in Animal Sciences, Kattupakkam. A total of 24 weaned LWY
piglets were selected and they were randomly divided into three groups comprising of eight
piglets in each group. Male and female were equal in number for each treatment group. The
piglets in group I was fed with standard grower feed routinely fed pigs in this unit without
any supplementation of amino acid source and the crude protein content in the diet was 17%.
Group II piglets were fed with diet containing 16 % CP and additionally received the dietary
supplementation of DL methionine @1 kg/ tonne of feed. Group III piglets were fed with diet
containing 16% CP and supplementation of methiorep @1 kg / tonne of feed. Trial was
completed at seven months of age. It was found that there was no significant difference in
body weight, average daily weight gain, feed intake and feed efficiency between treatments
throughout the experiment. The major advantage of using methiorep was that the feed cost
was reduced by Rs. 1.55 per kg of feed.
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Veterinary Science