THE NOVEL APPROACH OF FARMING.

THE NOVEL APPROACH OF FARMING.

Effect of feed additive Sanbio SANA supplemented into diets for pregnant sows on the productive performance of piglets, Belgorod State Agricultural University, Russia

Belgorod, Russia (February 15, 2016) – The present study was planned to investigate the effect of feed additives Sanbio SANA on the performance of the piglets when supplemented into diet of pregnant sows.

This project is being carried out within the collaboration between the Belgorod State Agricultural University named after V. Gorin (BSAU named after V.Gorin) – Russia, GEOCON WEST – Russia and SANBOS GmbH – Germany.

1.  Materials and methods

During the 62-day-feeding period 40 pregnant sows were assigned to treatments without and with supplementation of Sanbio SANA and Sanbio VITA.

The trial was run without adverse technical events (e.g. power failure, feed/water failures, etc.).

Table 1. Data

Group

1

2

3

4

Control

SANA 0.1%

SANA 0.2%

SANA 0.1%

VITA 0.6%

Start of trial

Day 0

2015-12-15

Birth

Day 30

2016-01-14

Evaluation

Day 58

2016-02-11

End of trial

Day 62

2016-02-15

No of sows at start

Pc

10

10

10

10

No of sows at end

Pc

10

10

10

10

Loss of sows

Pc

0

0

0

0

Mortality

%

0

0

0

0

Birth (treatment day 30)

Total born piglets

Pc

132

127

128

128

Live born piglets

Pc

122

120

122

122

– Strong

Pc

112

114

116

115

– Weak

Pc

10

6

6

7

Dead born piglets

Pc

10

7

6

6

Total live weight at birth

Kg

148.5

160.6

164.6

160.2

Day 28 after birth (treatment day 58)

Alive piglets

Pc

101

105

107

106

Loss from day 30 – 58

Pc

21

15

15

16

Total live weight at trial end

Kg

727.2

798

834.6

816.2

Percentage

Total born rate

%

100.0

96.2

97.0

97.0

Live born total

%

92.4

94.5

95.3

95.3

Live born strong piglets

%

91.8

95.0

95.1

94.3

Live born weak piglets

%

8.2

5.0

4.9

5.7

Dead born piglets

%

8.2

5.8

4.9

5.7

Loss at birth

%

7.6

5.5

4.7

4.7

Loss at day 28

%

17.2

12.5

12.3

13.1

Total loss during trial

%

24.8

18.0

17.0

17.8

Live weight at birth

%

100.0

108.1

110.8

108.8

Live weight at day 28

%

100.0

109.7

114.7

112.2

2.  Results

Figure 1. Number of alive and dead born piglets of different rates of Sanbio SANA compared to control group (pcs)

Figure 2. Percentage of alive and dead born piglets of 0.2% Sanbio SANA compared to control group (%)

Figure 3. Loss rate of piglets at birth and 28 days later at different rates of Sanbio SANA compared to control group (%)

Figure 4. Loss rate of piglets at birth and 28 days later of 0.2% Sanbio SANA compared to control group (%)

Figure 5. Live weight of piglets at birth and 28 days later compared to control (%)

3.  Conclusion

To summarize, the present study shows significantly positive effects of SANBIO products on productive performance.

The positive effects at a glance:

  • Safety and tolerance when used dietary additions
  • Increase of survival rate of piglets on birth and afterwards up to +7,8%
  • Increase of percentage of born piglets with good health condition
  • Increase of body weight up to +14,7%.