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% |
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Start of trial |
Day 0 |
2015-12-15 |
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Birth |
Day 30 |
2016-01-14 |
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Evaluation |
Day 58 |
2016-02-11 |
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End of trial |
Day 62 |
2016-02-15 |
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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) |
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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) |
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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 |
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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%.