The effect of the adsorbent Primix-Alfasorb on the morphological and biochemical blood parameters of breeding gilts

Abstract

The studies were conducted at the state enterprise “Moldsuinhibrid” (Republic Moldova) in 2011 using piglets of Landrace breed. The animals selected for the experiment on the basis of analogues (including origin, age, body weight and health status) were divided into four groups of 10 animals each. The basic diet for the piglets in the experimental groups was supplemented with the adsorbent Primix-Alfasorb at the level of 0.2, 0.4 and 0.6 kg per ton of mixed fodder. It was established that the addition of the adsorbent Primix-Alfasorb in the mixed fodder had contributed to the increase in body weight in different age periods; to the end of the trial the live weight of the piglets in groups EG1, EG2 and EG3 was higher by 8.72, 5.83, and 7.93 % compared with the control group. The analysis of the blood of the experimental animals the diet of which was supplemented with the adsorbent Primix Alfasorb, showed that all parameters were within the physiological norm, and the increase in the amount of total protein indicated a strengthening of the metabolic processes in the animals. It was determined that the optimum level of the addition of the adsorbent Primix-Alfasorb in the mixed fodder for piglets was of 0.2 kg/t.