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Investigations
carried out in practical conditions
Dr.
med. vet. B. Iben, 26892 Heede, Germany
Test
groups:The 60 animals in Group I received 2 ml Bio-Weyxin®
FeVit orally 6 hours after birth. The 60 animals in Group II served as a
control - they were injected with 2 ml of an iron dextran solution (200 mg
iron/piglet) on the 3rd day after birth.
On the 10th day after birth, blood was taken from
piglets of both groups in order to determine the haematocrit (red blood cell
count), the haemoglobin content and the erythrocytic haemoglobin concentration
((MCHC) Mean Corpuscular Haemoglobin Concentration).
Table 1: Haematocrit,
haemoglobin content and MCHC in piglets of the 2 groups
|
Day
examined |
Haematocrit
in % Group I |
Haematocrit
in % GroupII |
Haemoglobin
in g/dl Grp. I |
Haemoglobin
in g/dl Grp. II |
MCHC
in % in Group I |
MCHC
in % in Group II |
|
10
days old |
Æ
29.0 |
Æ
27.0 |
Æ 9.7 |
Æ 8.8 |
Æ
32.4 |
Æ 30.9 |
The blood values established on the 10th day indicate
that an oral iron administration is superior to an injection.
During the 2nd Study the effect of the oral
administration of Bio-Weyxin® FeVit on the health status and the development of
weight gain in a large number of piglets was carried out.
Test groups: The piglets in Group Ill were given 2 ml
Bio-Weyxin® FeVit orally 8 hours after birth. The piglets in Group IV (the
control group) were injected with 2 ml of an iron-dextran solution (see above)
on the 3rd day after birth. The animals of both groups received a second iron
supplementation (each time as an injection) on the 19th day after birth.
Table 2: Health status of the piglets of the 2
groups during the first 4 weeks after birth.
|
|
Diarrhoea (%) |
Mortality (%) |
|
Group
III (n = 328) |
24 (7.3%) |
18 (5.5%) |
|
Group
IV (n= 319) |
68 (21.3%) |
43 (13.5%) |
There were also significant differences between the
piglets of both groups with regard to the increase in weight until the 21st day
after birth.
Table
3: Weight development of the piglets of the 2 Groups
|
Average
live weight on the 21st day post partum |
Average
live weight gain to the 21st
day post partum |
|
Group
III (n=328)
7.4 kg |
352 g |
|
Group
IV (n=319)
6.6 kg |
314
g |
On the 21st day after birth, the piglets treated with
Bio-Weyxin® FeVit showed an 800 g higher average live weight and a
higher average
daily live weight gain of 38 g
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