Effect of the Nutritional Supplement Viusid vet on the Productive Behavior of Lactating Sows and their Piglets

In a swine breeding, the piglets are those which require more nutritional care due to their physiologic immaturity and the enzymatic changes that take place in these first stages of life. The objective of this experiment was to assess the effect of the nutritional supplement VIUSID vet on the productive behavior of lactating sows and their piglets.

For this work 54 Yorkshire lactating sows and 548 piglets were used. They were distributed in four homogeneous groups. Group I, was used as control. Group II was supplemented with 10 grams of Viusid vet per animal, from 104 days of pregnancy until the weaning (26 days). Group III: in this group each piglet was given 2 g of Viusid vet per kg of concentrate food (from 10 days of age and until the weaning). The Group IV consisted in a combination of the treatments II and III.

The main variables studied were: Size of the litter at weaning; weight of the piglet at weaning; increment of weight, daily mean gain, alimentary efficiency, weight final of the litter, mortality in piglets. Also percent of piglets that classify to the following category, born alive and dead in the following farrow and weigh to the birth of the next farrow.

VIUSID vet contains: Malic acid, Glucosamine, Arginine, Glycine, Ascorbic Acid, Folic Acid, Monoammonium Glycyrrhizinate (extracted of the root of Glycyrrhiza glabra), Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Cyanocobalamin, Calcium Pantothenate and Zinc Sulfate. The product undergoes a biocatalytic process of molecular activation to improve their biological activity and the biochemical reactivity of all their molecules.

It was observed that the VIUSID improved significantly (P< 0.05), the indicators of gain weight and of the alimentary efficiency of the piglets, in the supplemented groups as compared to the control. Group IV had the best behavior, with a gain of weight higher than 15.87% and an improvement of the alimentary efficiency of 19.40%, as compared to the control group. It was found an increment of 22% in the weight of the litter, with respect to the control group. This enhancing effect may be increased when the supplement is provided both to the mother and to the breeding. The groups II and III did not differ from each other. The selection of piglets as future breeders was 20-24 % higher in the supplemented groups. The other variables did not differ statistically.

The dietary supplement VIUSID vet, improves the productive behavior of the lactating sows and their piglets. The best effect is obtained when both receive the supplement.

Disclosure of Interest: None Declared.