INTAS POLIVET
Open Access
  • Year: 2008
  • Volume: 9
  • Issue: 2

A therapeutic approach to Piglet Anaemia in and around Aizawl District

  • Author:
  • K. Sarma, Gunjan Das, C.N. Galdhar
  • Total Page Count: 5
  • Page Number: 238 to 242

College of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry Central Agricultural University, Selesih, Aizawl-796 014 (Mizoram)

Online published on 16 November, 2011.

Abstract

Eighteen Hampshire piglet were selected and divided randomly into three groups viz. Group A, Group B and Group C comprising of six animals in each group. Effect of different treatments was studied on clinical and haemato-biochemical profiles of piglets for 8 weeks. It was observed that supplementation of iron both orally and parenterally would maintain best health of pigs after birth.

Keywords

Anaemia, Iron, Ferrus sulphate, Growth rate, Haematological values