Scientific Electronic Archives (Oct 2017)
USE OF SODIUM BUTYRATE IN PERFORMANCE OF PIGS
Abstract
The present study aimed to evaluate the performance of pigs in growing and finishing submitted to supplementation with sodium butyrate, an organic acid coated with plant extracts, which does not suffer gastric digestion and has effective action from the small intestine by maintaining the integrity of the intestinal epithelium and may still have bactericidal action. It will be used 12 pigs, males and females, crossbred breeds Landrace x Large white, divided into two treatments, one treatment (T1) the control and treatment two (T2) with supplementation of organic acid (Sodium Butyrate). The design was completely randomized with three replicates per treatment, with two animals each repetition. The parameters evaluated were weight gain (WG), feed intake (FI), feed conversion (FC), stool consistency (CF) and feed cost per kg of produced pig (CP). Performance data were submitted to analysis of variance (ASSISTAT 7.5, 2008), and the difference between the means verified by the F test. The average between treatments were not significantly different (P> 0.05) and the results obtained of 1.01 and 1.05 for average daily gain (WG), 2.49 and 2.52 for daily feed intake (CR), 2.45 and 2.40 for feed conversion (FC) for T1 and T2 respectively. Stool consistency (CF) was observed and assigned score 2 or predominantly normal during the trial period does not indicate occurrence of diarrhea. The cost of feed per kg of produced pig (CP) was R $ 1.71 for T1 and £ 1.80 for T2. The inclusion of this acid in the diet of pigs in growing and finishing not demonstrated effectiveness in improving animal performance.
