Effect of dietary supplementation of herbal mixture on post weaning growth performance and health status of LWY young pigs

Abstract

The study was conducted to investigate the effect of dietary supplementation of herbal mixture on growth performance and health status of Large White Yorkshire weaned piglets during the post-weaning period (from 28 to 70 days of age) reared under farm conditions of Mizoram. A total number of 144 (18 litters) Large White Yorkshire young pigs weaned at 28 days old were taken for the study period of 42 days (Day 28-70) and were randomly divided into three groups viz., Control (C) fed basal diet, Treatment-1 (T1) fed basal diet incorporated with 0.6% herbal mixture and Treatment-2 (T2) fed basal diet incorporated with 1.2% herbal mixture in such a way that there were 6 replicates in each group with 1 litter as one replicate. Findings of the study revealed significantly (p