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Effects of  Lentinus edodes  Polysaccharide on Growth Performance, Some  Serum Hormone and Immune Indices in Piglets

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  • College of Animal Science and Technology, Agricultural University of Hebei, Baoding 071001, China

Online published: 2009-01-20

Abstract

This experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of  Lentinus edodes  polysaccharide (LEP) on growth performance, some serum hormone and some immune indices in piglets. One hundred and twenty pigs (Landrace × Large White) with an initial body weight of (11.34±0.62) kg were randomly allotted to four groups, each group contained five pens and each pen contained six pigs. Pigs were raised for 28 days. Group Ⅰ was fed control diet, and LEP was supplemented at 150, 300 and 450 mg/kg based on control diet for group Ⅱ, group Ⅲ and group Ⅳ, respectively. The results showed that the ADG of pigs in group Ⅱ, group Ⅲ and group Ⅳ was significantly increased (P<0.05) in the period of 0~14 d, 14~28 d and  0~28 d;ADFI was also significantly increased (P<0.05) in the period of 0~14 d and 0~28 d; but no difference was found in F/G (P>0.05). The occurrence rate of diarrhea in group Ⅱ was decreased by 23.08% compared with that in control group (P<0.05); meantime that in group Ⅲ and group Ⅳ was also decreased by 53.85% compared with that in control group (P<0.01). GH, T3 and T4 were increased while cortisol was decreased along with the supplement of LEP, GH and T3 in group Ⅳ were increased (P<0.05) while cortisol in group Ⅲ was decreased (P<0.05). IgM in group Ⅱ, group Ⅲ and group Ⅳ was slightly increased, but only IgM in group Ⅳ was significantly increased (P<0.05). However, no differenceoccurred for the IgG and alexin C4. It was concluded that supplement of 300 mg/kg LEP improved the growth performance and hormone indices in piglets.

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LI Tong zhou, XUE Ling feng ,ZANG Su min, LI Qing kai ,XI Yan ju ,YUAN Na . Effects of  Lentinus edodes  Polysaccharide on Growth Performance, Some  Serum Hormone and Immune Indices in Piglets[J]. Chinese Journal of Animal Nutrition, 2009 , 21(01) : 101 -106 . DOI: 10.3969/j.ssn.1006-267x.2009.01.016

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