Effect of iron dextran injection on growth performance of crossbred and desi piglets under farm and village conditions

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 T 1 rd th (control), T (injected iron dextran @ 1 ml (50mg) I/M twice at 3 and 14 days of age) and T (injected iron dextran @ 2 ml 2 3 rd (100mg) I/M once at 3 day of age). Results: The average body weight of crossbred piglets in farm condition of T , T and T groups at weaning (8 week) were 1 2 3 7.162±0.365, 9.985±0.281 and 9.572±0.295 kg, respectively. The piglets of T group showed better performance over T and 2 3 T groups in farm and village conditions on crossbred and desi piglets. 1 Conclusion: On the basis of present findings it may be concluded that irondextran (50mg/ ml) injection should be given to all rd th piglets @ 1 ml I/M during preweaning period at 3 and 14 day of age for better growth of piglets.


Introduction
mortality was up to 21 % in 2-3 weeks of age [1].The piglet anaemia, caused by iron deficiency, is one of the Pig is associated with human civilization since major reasons of preweaning mortality.When a piglet long back as Barah Awatar mentioned in holy book is born, it has sufficient iron to last for 3-7 days, after "Vishnu Puran".Even today in some part of the that sufficient iron must be supplied either through country, especially tribal dominated state/ region, it is parenteral or oral sources.Under natural conditions, known as festive food.As such, pig farming is an age baby pigs may obtain sufficient iron from soil, but old practice in our country.In plateu region of most pigs today are farrowed and reared indoors and Jharkhand, it is very popular among tribal & sociothus have no access to soil.Unless iron is obtained economically backward people in rural and semifrom another source, the pigs may die.Workers [2] urban areas.Pig farming is very lucrative and easy observed higher body weight gain with iron dextran source of regular income as fast growing, important injection in suckling piglets.Keeping in view the source of animal protein, short generation interval and above ideas, the present study has been planned to see better feed conversion efficiency with higher dressing the effect of different doses of iron dextran (50 mg/ ml) percentage.Piglets are traditionally weaned at about injection in preweaning piglets in farm and village 56 days of age, when they can utilize as feed conditions.themselves of both animal and plant origin and have developed immunity to resist infection.However, 15 Materials and Methods to 20 % of total piglets born do not survive till weaning The experiments were conducted in farm viz.Pig age.The highest pig mortality upto 80 % of total death Breeding Farm, Ranchi Veterinary College, Ranchi occurs during pre-weaning period (0-8 weeks) and different villages viz.Kuchu, Borea and Garu.In specially, during first week of life.The preweaning To cite this article: Ranjan R, Prasad CM, Singh SK (2012) Effect of iron dextran injection on growth performance of crossbred and desi piglets under farm and village conditions, Vet World, 5 (10) [4] who also reported significantly higher body weight were fed the standard farm diet consisting of crushed of piglets injected with 200 mg of Iron in piglets maize (67%), G.N. cake (20%), wheat bran (5%), fish weaned at third week of age.The parenteral and oral meal (7%), salt (0.5%) and Min.Mixture (0.5%) + Iron supplemented groups of piglets showed Rovi mix (20g).In village condition, a total of 82 presignificantly higher body weight than unsupplemented weaned crossbred piglets from 10 different sows were groups dextran @ 1 ml (50 mg/ ml) I/M twice at 3 and 14 parenterally and hence low haemoglobin level; days of age and third group (T ) were injected iron anorexia and diarrhoea also be attributed cause.

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Workers [8] also reported significant increase in the dextran @ 2 ml I/M once at 3 day of age in both body weights of all treated piglets in comparison to conditions viz.farm and village.The guidelines and their respective iron-deprived groups.Growth rate rules of Animal Ethics Committee were followed was interfered when haemoglobin level drops to about during the experimental period.The body weight of all 5 g% [9].piglets was taken at birth and at weekly interval upto th The body weight of desi piglets under farm 8 weeks of age with the help of spring balance.conditions for different treatment groups are presented Statistical analysis of data collected during the in Table-2.The parenteral administration 50 mg of experiment were analysed [3].The average body weight of crossbred piglets in body weight gain from 4 to 8 week of age over farm condition for different treatment groups during untreated group (T ).However, T had shown dextran injection for desi piglets were similar to group were significantly (P<0.05)higher than T .But crossbred piglets.The average body weight of crossbred piglets for growing pig [11].The piglets injected with iron different treatment groups under village conditions are dextran injection had better growth performance than presented in Table -3 mentations increased the growth performance of parenterally (T ) on 3 day in crossbred piglets indicated 3 growing pig whereas supplementation of L-Carnitine non-significant effect with that of untreated group without Fe does not have any effect on growth (T ).The effect on body weight for T and T were also 1 2 3 rd performance [13].Above findings are almost similar non-significant from birth to 3 week of age.The with the findings of present study.Workers [14] also piglets with T group showed significantly (p<0.01) 2 reported that supplementation of iron and copper th th higher body weight than control during 4 to 8 week during last week of gestation was beneficial for of age.However, T group of piglet showed significantly 2 maintaining normal haemoglobin levels and total th th (p<0.01)higher body weight than T during 6 and 7 3 erythrocyte counts in new born piglets which may be week.It is very clear from the findings that 50 mg of beneficial in the growth performance of the piglets.concluded that iron dextran injection should be given available for the performance of Iron dextran injection to all piglets @ 1 ml I/M during preweaning period at on crossbred piglets in village condition.The performance rd th 3 and 14 day of age for better growth. of crossbred piglets on different treatments under farm condition was better than village condition.

Author's contribution
[2,5,6].Workers [7] also observed that Fe taken and divided into three treatment groups as T , T injected pre-weaning affected initial post-weaning 1 2 th and T .All piglets of different experimental groups performance.From 4 week onward the body weight 3 were fed the feed available with the farmers in the was significantly (p<0.01)lower in T control group 1 village condition.Piglets of first group (T ) were kept than T and T groups (Table-1).The poor growth rate 1 2 3 as control, second group (T ) were injected iron in T group might be due to deprived of Iron through 2 1 rd th

3 3 3 groups 3 findings
presented in Table-1.The significantly (p<0.01)higher body weight from 1 to rd difference in body weights of the piglets in T and T 2 week of age over T and T .The body weights of 1 were non-significant.The average body weights piglets on untreated groups were almost similar to the th of T , T and T groups at weaning (8 week) were 1 2 of Worker [10] who reported 3.8 to 4.0 kg 7.162±0.365,9.985±0.281and 9.572±0.295kg, body weight at 60 days of age.The responses of Iron respectively.The body weight of the rabbit of T and T 2 3 . The parenteral injection of 50 mg supplemented with iron in paste form and drinking rd th water [12].Combination of L-Carnitine + Fe suppleof Iron on 3 and 14 day (T ) and 100 mg of Iron 2 rd (T ) groups.No information is On the basis of present findings, it may be 1

Table - 1
. Average body weight (kg) at various ages in different treatment groups under farm condition in crossbred piglets Mean under same superscripts in a row did not differ significantly.Figures in parentheses indicate number of observations.
Effect of iron dextran injection on growth performance of crossbred and desi piglets under farm and village conditionsTable-2.Average body weight (kg) at various ages of different treatment groups in desi piglets under farm condition.Mean under same superscripts in a row did not differ significantly.Figures in parentheses indicate number of observations.Mean under same superscripts in a row did not differ significantly.Figures in parentheses indicate number of observations.

Table - 3
. Average body weight (kg) at various ages in different treatment groups under village condition in crossbred piglets.