Effects of Dietary Animunin Powder® on Growth Performance and Blood Components in Nursery and Growing Pigs

Two experiments were conducted to investigate the effects of Animunin Powder${\circledR}$ supplementation on the growth perfonnance and blood components in nursery and growing pigs. In Exp. 1, ninety six pigs(initial mean live weights 27,6 ${\pm}$ 2.63kg) were randomly allocated into four treatments with six replications per each treatment. Four treatments were control(CON), control + 0.1% Antibiotics(AB), control + 0.1% Animunin Powder${\circledR}$(AM), and control + 0.1% Antibiotics + 0.1% Animunin Powder${\circledR}$(ABM). During 4 weeks experiment, ADG of pigs was significantly(p < 0.05) higher in ABM treatment compared with CON and AB treatments, Serum IgG concentration was higher(P < 0.05) in AM and ABM treatments than CON. Serum from treated pigs ABM had higher(P < 0.05) albumin concentration in comparison to CON and AB treatments. In addition, higher (p < 0.05) serum lymphocyte concentration was found in ABM treatment compared with CON and AM treatments. Digestibility of dry matter was higher(P < 0.05) in ABM treatment compared with AB and AM treatments. However, no statistical differences(P > 0.05) were found in total protein content of serum and crude protein digestibility of diets. In Exp. 2, seventy five pigs(initial mean live weights 40.22 ${\pm}$ 2.82kg) were randomly allocated into three treatments with 5 replicates per each treatment for 29 days. Three treatments were control(CON), control + 0.1% Animunin Powder${\circledR}$(AM1) and control + 0.2% Animunin Powder${\circledR}$(AM2). During the whole experiment, pigs fed AM1 and AM2 diets were shown higher ADG than pigs fed CON diet. The ADFI of AM1 diet is higher(P < 0.05) compared to that of CON diet. Serum IgG and albumin concentration of AM1 and AM2 treatments were greater than those of CON treatment(p < 0.05). Lymphocyte was highest for AM1 and lowest for CON, with intermediate for AM2(P < 0.05). In conclusion, Animunin Powder${\circledR}$ was effective for improving growth performance and to increase the concentrations of blood IgG, albumin, total protein and lymphocyte in nursery and growing pigs.

Animunin Powder®의 첨가가 자돈 및 육성돈의 성장과 혈액성상에 미치는 영향

본 연구는 인도산 허브를 이용하여 제조한 Animunin Powder${\circledR}$를 자돈 및 육성돈에 첨가 급여시 그 성장과 혈액내의 면역반응을 알아보고자 실시하였다. 시험 1은 3원 교잡종(Landrace ${\times}$ Yorkshire ${\times}$ Duroc) 자돈 96두를 공시하였으며 시험개시시의 체중은 평균 20.72 ${\pm}$ 2.63kg이었고 1) Con(Control),2) AB(Control + 0.1% Antibiotics), 3) AM(Control + 0.1% Animunin Powder${\circledR}$)로 4개 처리를 하여 처리당 6반복 반복당 4두씩 임의 배치하여 4주간 실시하였다. 전체 사양시험기간동안 ABM 처리구가 대조구에 비해 유의적으로 ADG와 ADFI가 높았다(P < 0.05). IgG에서는 AM 처리구와 ABM 처리구가 AB 처리구에 비해 유의적으로 높았다(P < 0.05). Albumin에서는 ABM 처리구가 CON과 AM처리구에 비해 유의적으로 높았으며(P < 0.05) lymphocyte에서는 AB 처리구와 ABM 처리구가 CON과 AM 처리구에 비해 유의적으로 높은 결과를 나타냈다(P < 0.05). 건물의 소화율에서는 ABM 처리구가 AB와 AM 처리구에 비해 유의하게 높은 결과를 보였다(P < 0.05). 시험 2는 3원 교잡종 (Landrace ${\times}$ Yorkshire ${\times}$ Duroc) 육성돈 75두를 공시하였으며 시험개시시의 체중은 평균 40.22 ${\pm}$ 2.82kg이었고 1) CON(Control), 2) AM1(Control + 0.1% Animunin Powder${\circledR}$), 3) AM2(Control + 0.2% Animunin Powder${\circledR}$)으로 3개 처리를 하여 처리당 5반복 반복당 5두씩 임의 배치하여 29일간 실시하였다. 전체 사양시험기간 동안 AM1과 AM2 처리구가 CON 처리구에 비해 ADG가 유의하게 높았고(P < 0.05) ADFI에서는 AM1 처리구가 CON 처리구에 비해 유의하게 높은 값을 보였다(P < 0.05). Total protein에서는 AM2 처리구가 CON과 AM1 처리구 보다 유의하게 높았으며(P < 0.05) lymphocyte에서는 AM1, AM2, CON순으로 유의적인 차를 나타내었다(P < 0.05). 결론적으로 사료 내 Animunin Powder${\circledR}$의 첨가는 성장과 혈액 내 면역반응에 효과적인 것으로 사료된다.