Effect of Warm Drinking Water in Winter on Growth and Immunology of Post-Weaning Piglets

CHEN Xi; LI Ying-ying; KE Ling; SONG Tie-ying; YU Fu-song

doi:10.19303/j.issn.1008-0384.2018.06.003

Volume 33 Issue 6

Mar. 2019

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CHEN Xi, LI Ying-ying, KE Ling, SONG Tie-ying, YU Fu-song. Effect of Warm Drinking Water in Winter on Growth and Immunology of Post-Weaning Piglets[J]. Fujian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2018, 33(6): 561-565. doi: 10.19303/j.issn.1008-0384.2018.06.003

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CHEN Xi, LI Ying-ying, KE Ling, SONG Tie-ying, YU Fu-song. Effect of Warm Drinking Water in Winter on Growth and Immunology of Post-Weaning Piglets[J]. Fujian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2018, 33(6): 561-565. doi: 10.19303/j.issn.1008-0384.2018.06.003

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Effect of Warm Drinking Water in Winter on Growth and Immunology of Post-Weaning Piglets

doi: 10.19303/j.issn.1008-0384.2018.06.003

Biotechnology Institute, Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350003, China

Received Date: 2018-04-23
Rev Recd Date: 2018-05-24
Publish Date: 2018-06-01

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Abstract

Drinking cold water in winter is detrimental to the growth and development of post-weaning piglets.Thus, a system providing the piglets with warm drinking water at 26℃(ranging 24.5-26.6℃) in a scale-up swine farm was installed for the study. Changes on the growth and immunity of the piglets were monitored. The results indicated that the total bacteria and Escherichia coli counts in the warm drinking water for the treatment were significantly lower than those in the cold water for control. The average daily weight gain of the piglets in the treatment group was significantly higher than that of control by 4.15% (P < 0.01). The daily feed intake of the treatment piglets was significantly higher than that of control by 7.76%(P < 0.05). Whereas, the incidents of diarrhea in the treatment piglets were merely 43% of that incontrol group. There were no significant differences observed on the levels of IgG, IgM, IgA, porcine circovirus and classical swine fever virus antibodiesin the piglets between the treatment group and control (P>0.05). It appeared that the consumption of warm drinking water in cold weather could significantly improve the growth, without negatively affecting the immunology, of the post-weaning piglets.
- winter,
- cold water for drinking,
- warm drinking water system,
- post-weaning piglet,
- growth performance,
- immunology

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