Bovine whey as a substitute for antibiotics in post-weaning pig diets

• Carlos Alberto Correa-Trejos Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje (SENA), Centro Agropecuario de Buga. Buga, Valle del Cauca, Colombia
• Lascario Cadavid-Gutiérrez Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje (SENA), Centro Latinoamericano de Especies Menores. Tuluá, Valle del Cauca, Colombia
• Patricia Isabel Sarria-Buenaventura Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Facultad de Ciencias Agropecuarias. Palmira, Valle del Cauca, Colombia
• Adrián Rolando Riascos-Vallejos Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje (SENA), Centro Agropecuario de Buga. Buga, Valle del Cauca, Colombia - Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje (SENA), Centro Agroforestal y Acuícola Arapaima. Puerto Asís, Putumayo, Colombia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.52973/rcfcv-e32099

Keywords: Piglets, whey, weaning, antibiotics, diarrhea

Abstract

The effect of bovine whey (BW) was a substitute for antibiotic growth promoters (APC for its initials in Spanish) in the diet of piglets during the post-weaning stage was evaluated. Forty-eight 21-day-old (d) weaned piglets were used. Weight control records were taken at d 1, 8, 15 and 21 post-weaning, blood samples were taken at the beginning and end of the trial, and the presence of diarrhea was evaluated daily. Pigs were fed a commercial diet for the stage and were distributed in four treatments: SASS (for its initials in Spanish); commercial feed without APC, without whey addition, SACS (for its initials in Spanish); commercial feed without APC, with whey addition, CASS (for its initials in Spanish); commercial feed with APC (2 % virginiamycin, 1 kg·t^-1 feed) without whey addition, CACS; commercial feed with APC and whey addition. A 2x2 factorial experimental design was used (with and without antibiotic, with and without whey) with six replicates per treatment. For zootechnical parameters, no significant differences were found between treatments (P>0.05). The animals of the CACS treatment obtained lower values for the incidence of diarrhea, the SACS and CASS treatments observed similar results in zootechnical parameters, the SASS treatment had higher values for the incidence of diarrhea. It is concluded that BW as a dietary supplement in piglets in the post-weaning stage, could be an alternative as a substitute for antibiotics in commercial piglet diets.

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