Open Access
Copyright: The authors. This article is an open access
article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) which permits unrestricted use,
distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly
cited.
Original Research
4.
Effect of iron dextran injection on growth
performance of crossbred and desi piglets under farm
and village conditions - Raghuvir Ranjan, Chandra Mani Prasad, Sanjit Kumar
Singh
Vet World. 2012; 5(10): 599-602
doi:
10.5455/vetworld.2012.599-602
Abstract
Aim:
To study the effect of iron dextran injection on
growth performance of crossbred and desi piglets
under farm and village conditions.
Materials and
Methods: The experiments were conducted in Pig
Breeding Farm, Ranchi Veterinary College, Ranchi and
different villages on crossbred and desi preweaned
piglets. The piglets were divided into three
treatment groups as T1 (control), T2 (injected iron
dextran @ 1 ml (50mg) I/M twice at 3rd and 14th days
of age) and T3 (injected iron dextran @ 2 ml (100mg)
I/M once at 3rd day of age).
Results: The
average body weight of crossbred piglets in farm
condition of T1, T2 and T3 groups at weaning (8
week) were 7.162±0.365, 9.985±0.281 and 9.572±0.295
kg, respectively. The piglets of T2 group showed
better performance over T3 and T1 groups in farm and
village conditions on crossbred and desi piglets.
Conclusion: On the basis of present findings it
may be concluded that iron dextran (50mg/ ml)
injection should be given to all piglets @ 1 ml I/M
during preweaning period at 3rd and 14th day of age
for better growth of piglets.
Keywords: Desi
and crossbred Piglets, Growth, Iron dextran
injection, Farm and Village conditions.
