Volume : 2, Issue : 5, MAY 2016

GROWTH PARAMETERS OF WEANLING PIGLET FOLLOWING SUPPLEMENTATION OF PHYTASE

Ilakshy Deka, B. C. Saramh, J.Goswami, D.N.Sarma

Abstract

The present experiment was conducted to study the growth performances of weanling piglets following supplementation of phytase for a period of 4 months. A total of ten numbers of crossbred piglets (Hampshire X Meghalaya local), aged 60 days, maintained under standard feeding and managemental condition were randomly divided into two groups viz. Group A and B allocating 5 (n=5) piglets comprising 3 males and 2 females in each group. Group A was considered as control and Group B was supplemented with 500FTU of phytase. The higher BWG (P<0.01) and average daily body weight gain (ADG) were recorded in group B (50.00 ± 0.548; 0.399 ± 0.047). The better Feed Conversion Efficiency (FCE) was recorded in B (3.046 ± 0.036) than that of group A (3.498 ± 0.094).

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