Scientific Papers Animal Science and Biotechnologies (Nov 2023)
THE EFFECT OF THE ZEOLITES USED IN FEEDING OF GROWING FINISHING PIGS ON SOME BIOPRODUCTIV INDICATORS
Abstract
The experiment was carried out over a group of 30 growing finishing pigs, allotted into two equal groups. The control group (C) received a basal diet supplemented with a 1% premix - vitamins and microelements as oxides and salts mixed with maize flour-based diet; the experimental group (E) received the same diet supplemented with 1% premix made of vitamins and microelements as chelatated phosphoric glass on zeolite based diet. At the end of our research it was revealed that group (E) obtained a better growing gain (3.36%), a 2.4 % greater feed intake and a feed conversion rate reduction of 5.6 %.