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Author(s)
Juan Carlos Rodríguez-Fernández1, Vicente Méndez-García1, Ibraín Calero-Herrera1, Kolima Peña-Calzada1, Domingo Martos-Tejera2 and Bulent Kukurtcu3
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DOI:10.17265/2162-5263/2016.09.005
Affiliation(s)
1. Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Husbandry, University of Sancti Spíritus, Sancti Spiritus 60100, Cuba
2. Department of Production, Swine Farm of Venega, Yaguajay 64180, Cuba
3. Scientific Department, CATALYSIS, S.L., Madrid 28016, Spain
ABSTRACT
The objective of this research was to
evaluate the effect of administering VIUSID vet powder on the productive behaviour
of sows and the quality of semen of boars.
Two experiments were conducted on farms in the province of Sancti Spiritus, in the
central region of Cuba. One was with sows, starting 21 days before parturition until weaning, and another
was with boars in directed mounting. Each sow received 10 grams of VIUSID vet powder everyday, mixed with food, from
21 days before the probable date of farrowing and until weaning (33-day lactation
period). In the boars, the treatment consisted of administering 10 grams of VIUSID vet powder with feed, once a day for 6
weeks (week 1 to 6); from week 7 onwards, the supplement was suspended. Results showed that, supplying VIUSID vet powder significantly
improved the principal post-partum productivity indicators and significantly reduced
diarrhoea and administration to boars in production for 6 weeks, which has improved spermatic
motility and does not affect the other variables representative of the quality of
the semen.
KEYWORDS
VIUSID, sows, boars, Glycyrrhizaglabra.
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