Animal Husbandry and Feed Science ›› 2019, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (11): 38-41.doi: 10.12160/j.issn.1672-5190.2019.11.010

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Effect of Traditional Chinese Medicine Compound Preparation Buzhong Yiqi Powder on Production Performance of Sows

WANG Xue-fei1, HOU Chun-bin1, WANG Jian-fei2, WANG Xiu-jun1, LIU Zheng-zheng1, WANG Lian1,3   

  1. 1.Henan University of Animal Husbandry and Economy,Zhengzhou 450046,China;
    2.Administration Bureau for Veterinary Medicine of Bayannur City,Bayannur 015000,China;
    3.College of Veterinary Medicine,Inner Mongolia Agricultural University,Hohhot 010018,China
  • Received:2019-11-14 Online:2019-11-30 Published:2019-12-19

Abstract: [Objective] Based on the theory of traditional Chinese veterinary medicine, a traditional Chinese medicine compound preparation Buzhong Yiqi powder was used to assess its roles in prenatal conditioning for sows in the late pregnancy by investigating its effect on production performance of sows, in hoping to province scientific basis for the application of safe, green and organic feed additives of traditional Chinese medicine compound. [Method] A total of 50 sows with similar expected delivery dates were randomly divided into 2 groups with 25 heads of sows in each group. The control group was fed with the basal diet, and the experimental group was fed with the basal diet supplemented with 1.5% (45 g per day per sow) Buzhong Yiqi powder until the date of delivery. After delivery, the number of litters, live litters, healthy litters, stillbirths, weak litters and mummified fetuses were recorded for each group, and the presence of abortion was observed. Incidence of diarrhea and death of the piglets were recorded after weaning at 23 days of age. [Results]①In the experimental group, there was one sow had fever and anorexia before delivery, while there were 5 sows showed the same symptoms in the control group; ②After delivery, a total of 227 and 254 piglets were obtained in the control group and the experimental group, respectively, and there were 12 and 9 stillbirths in the control group and the experimental group, respectively; ③ The average size of live litters in the control group and the experimental group was 9.08 and 10.16, respectively; ④ There were 74 and 10 piglets showed the clinical symptoms of diarrhea in the control group and the experimental group, respectively, with the diarrhea rate of 32.6% and 3.9%, respectively; ⑤After weaning, the average size of healthy litters in the control group and the experimental group was 7.16 and 9.28, respectively; ⑥There were 179 and 232 survived piglets in the control group and the experimental group, respectively, with the survival rate of 78.9% and 91.3%, respectively. [Conclusion] ①Prenatal conditioning of sows using Buzhong Yiqi powder can effectively prevent the occurrence of diarrhea in suckling piglets.②Dietary supplementation of Buzhong Yiqi powder during pregnancy

Key words: traditional Chinese medicine compound preparation, Buzhong Yiqi powder, pregnant sows, production

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