COMPARATIVE STUDY ON DIARRHOEAL INCIDENCE AND MORTALITY RATE OF YOUNG PIGS FED WITH DIET CONTAINING SKIMMED MILK AND MILK REPLACER DURING PRE AND POST WEANING PERIODS

R. CHANAM¹, G. KALITA², R. GOSWAMI³, H. DAS⁴*, A. KALITA⁵, G. JAGAN MOHANRAO⁶, B.K. DAS^7
1College of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Central Agricultural University, Selesih, 796014, Mizoram, India
²College of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Central Agricultural University, Selesih, 796014, Mizoram, India
³College of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Central Agricultural University, Selesih, 796014, Mizoram, India
⁴College of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Central Agricultural University, Selesih, 796014, Mizoram, India
⁵College of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Central Agricultural University, Selesih, 796014, Mizoram, India
⁶College of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Central Agricultural University, Selesih, 796014, Mizoram, India
⁷College of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Central Agricultural University, Selesih, 796014, Mizoram, India
* Corresponding Author : hemenvet@rediffmail.com

Received : 01-05-2022     Accepted : 27-05-2022     Published : 30-05-2022
Volume : 14     Issue : 5       Pages : 11294 - 11297
Int J Agr Sci 14.5 (2022):11294-11297

Keywords : LWY pig, Diarrhoea, Mortality, Skimmed milk powder, Milk replacer powder
Academic Editor : Dr Deepak Kumar Kashyap
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to College of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Central Agricultural University, Selesih, Aizawl, Mizoram, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

Present study was conducted to compare the diarrhoeal incidence, faecal consistency score (FCS), general appearance score (GAS), mortality rate and causes of mortality of Large White Yorkshire young pigs (LWY) fed with diet containing skimmed milk and milk replacer during the pre and post weaning periods i.e., from 0 to 56 days of age. All the young pigs under the experiment were weaned on day 28 of age. The experiment was conducted in Livestock Farm Complex, College of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Central Agricultural University, Selesih, Aizawl, Mizoram, India. One hundred and twenty-nine (129) numbers of Large White Yorkshire young pigs from 12 litters having at least 6 young pigs/litter were utilized and sub-divided into three homogeneous groups- Control (C), treatment 1 (T1) and treatment 2 (T2) groups. Young pigs under C, T1 and T2 groups were fed starter ration containing 30% SMP, 15% SMP + 15% MRP and 30% MRP during 3rd to 5th week of age respectively, grower-I ration containing 15% SMP, 7.5% SMP+ 7.5% MRP, 15% MRP respectively during 6th and 7th week of age and grower-II ration without milk-based ingredients were fed on 8th week. Statistical analysis of diarrhoeal incidence, FCS and GAS revealed non-significant (P?0.05) differences between the three groups during pre-weaning, post-weaning and overall periods. Mortality rate (%) of LWY young pigs shows comparatively similar result. It may be concluded that skimmed milk powder (SMP) can be replaced by milk replacer powder (MRP) in the diet of weaned pigs without any clinical complications

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