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Indian Journal of
Animal Research
Print ISSN: 0367-6722
Online ISSN: 0976-0555
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Kerala Veterinary and Animal Science University, Mannuthy, Thrissur, INDIA
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Indian Journal of Animal Research, volume 49 issue 5 (october 2015) : 638-644

Growth performance, haematology and insulin profile of weanling pigs fed graded levels zinc oxide supplemented diet

Festus O. Abonyi, Echezona E. Ogoenyi, James I. Eze, Ndubuisi S. Machebe
1Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria.
Cite article:- Abonyi O. Festus, Ogoenyi E. Echezona, Eze I. James, Machebe S. Ndubuisi (2025). Growth performance, haematology and insulin profile of weanling pigs fed graded levels zinc oxide supplemented diet. Indian Journal of Animal Research. 49(5): 638-644. doi: 10.18805/ijar.5576.

ABSTRACT

Landrace x Duroc crossbred intact male pigs (n=24) weighing between 11.05 to 11.35kg and aged 7.5 to 8.0 weeks were assigned to four treatments groups (A, B, C and D) by a complete randomized design. A common grower diet was supplemented with ZnO at 100 (A,control), 1000 (B), 1500 (C) and 2000mg/kg (D), and fed to the animals ad libitum for 10 weeks.Their feed intake, weight gainand feed: gain, packed cell volume (PCV), haemoglobin concentration (Hb), red blood cell count (RBC), total white blood cell (TWBC),differential white blood cell (DWBC) and insulin profile were determined. There were no significant(P > 0.05) differences indailyfeed intake,feed: gain and in most haematological parameters investigated.Lymphocyte count was significantly (P

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