Easy-immune® farm trial report (2)

Cordyceps militaris is a rare and exotic Chinese medicinal mushroom. Cordyceps militaris is widely used as a tonic for vitality and longevity for thousands of years by the Chinese. Cordyceps militaris has been used for a long time as a nutraceutical food in Korea and Japan.

Easy-immune contains cordycepin and polysaccharides from Cordyceps as natural immunity booster. The medical potential of the metabolites of Cordyceps militaris has been widely reviewed. Cordycepin, or 3'-deoxyadenosine, is the major active secondary metabolite of Cordyceps militaris. The chemical structure of cordycepin is similar to adenosine. Cordycepin can disturb virus replication by competitive binding due to its nucleoside analog structure. The Cordyceps polysaccharides can stimulate immune cells and increase the non-specific immunity in animals. So Easy-immune can provide necessary support to animals under intensive farming to fight against the pathogen and environmental pressure. Have many positive results in poultry, swine, and shrimp farming.

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of Easy-immune® in sow reproductive performance as Post-disease care.

Location: Central Taiwan

Farm scale: 1000 sows

The production sows were infected with PRRSV in April 2011. The virus infection causes high abortion rate (up to 50%) and affects the health status in piglets. The weaned piglet/piglet born indication was 80% after 6 months of recovery.

From 70th day of pregnancy to lactation period in sows feed: Easy-immune® 2 kg/ton of feed

After 3 months of treatment, the weaned piglet/piglet born indication reached to 90%~92%.