Effect of the Nutritional Supplement Viusid vet on the Productive Behavior of Fattening Pigs

The correct feeding of pigs in the fattening phase is a difficult challenge for any nutritionist. Due to the rapid advances in the use of new and diverse preservatives and ingredients, the existence of new ways of exploitation and technologies, as well as for the demands of a market increasingly informed and interested in consuming products of animal origin of good quality, at an accessible price. The objective of this assay was to assess the effect of the nutritional supplement VIUSID vet on the productive behavior of fattening pigs.

For this work, 58 pigs in fattening phase were used. Three homogeneous groups were delimited according to corporal mass, sex and physical condition. Each pig was considered an experimental unit. The treatments consisted of: Group I (19 pigs): Control group. Group II (20 pigs): This group received VIUSID vet, in a dose of 1.5 g/kg of concentrated food daily. Group III (19 pigs): This group received VIUSID vet, in a dose of 1 g/kg of concentrated food daily. The assay lasted 122 days. A simple ANOVA test, after the confirmation of a normal distribution (Kolmogorov-Smirnov test) and an equality of variances (Levene test) were applied. As there were significant differences, the Duncan´s multiple range test was used.

The nutritional supplement Viusid vet, contains: Malic acid, Glucosamine, Arginine, Glycine, Ascorbic Acid, Folic Acid, Monoammonium Glycyrrhizinate (extracted from the root 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 its molecules.

In the experiment it was observed that the animals supplemented with VIUSID vet, in a dose of 1.5 g/kg of concentrated food daily, improved significantly (P< 0.05) the final weight (4.5 kg more), the daily mean gain weight (12.16% more) and the alimentary conversion (3.08 vs 3.76), as compared to the control group. Group II, supplemented with VIUSID vet, in dose of 1 g/kg of concentrated food, did not differ from the control group. There were neither deaths nor diarrheas during the experiment.

The dietary supplement VIUSID vet, in a dose of 1.5 g/kg of concentrated food significantly increased the weight gain and the alimentary conversion of the fattening pigs studied.

Disclosure of Interest: None Declared.