SWINE NUTRITION AND FEED

Effects of Encapsulated Rosemary Essential Oil on Growth Performance, Nutrient Apparent Digestibility, Serum Immune and Antioxidant Indexes of Weaned Piglets

  • MA Hong ,
  • MA Jiayu ,
  • LONG Shenfei ,
  • PIAO Xiangshu
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  • State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China

Received date: 2021-04-29

  Online published: 2021-12-16

Abstract

This experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of encapsulated rosemary essential oil on growth performance, nutrient apparent digestibility, serum immune and antioxidant indexes of weaned piglets. A total of 64 healthy piglets[weighted (7.80±1.57) kg] weaned at 28 days of age were selected and according to the complete random block principle, allocated to 2 groups with 4 replicates per group and 8 piglets per replicate (half male and half female). The dietary treatment was as follows:1) control group, provided with a basal diet; 2) rosemary essential oil group, provided with the basal diet supplementing 300 mg/kg of encapsulated rosemary essential oil. The experiment lasted for 21 days. At the beginning and end of the experiment, piglets were weighed, and the residual feed was record daily; blood was collected from piglets on d 21 to determine serum immunity and antioxidant indexes; the feces were collected on d 19 to 21 to evaluate the nutrient apparent digestibility. The results showed as follows:there was no difference in the average daily gain and average daily feed intake between the two groups (P>0.05), and those in the rosemary essential oil group increased by 10.3% in feed conversion ratio (P<0.05) compared with the control group. No significant difference in serum immune indexes between groups (P>0.05). The serum glutathione peroxidase activity in rosemary essential oil group significantly increased by 40.5% (P<0.05) and had a tendency to enhance (P=0.07) the superoxide dismutase activity compared with the control group. Also, the apparent digestibility of ether extract and neutral detergent fiber was increased (P<0.05) in piglets fed rosemary essential oil. In summary, dietary supplemented with encapsulated rosemary essential can improve serum antioxidant capacity and nutrient apparent digestibility, which in turn improve the feed conversion ratio of weaned piglets.

Cite this article

MA Hong , MA Jiayu , LONG Shenfei , PIAO Xiangshu . Effects of Encapsulated Rosemary Essential Oil on Growth Performance, Nutrient Apparent Digestibility, Serum Immune and Antioxidant Indexes of Weaned Piglets[J]. Chinese Journal of Animal Nutrition, 2021 , 33(12) : 6740 -6748 . DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1006-267x.2021.12.016

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