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Swine Nutrition and Feed Technology
Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences 2000;13(10): 1445-1449.
https://doi.org/10.5713/ajas.2000.1445    Published online October 1, 2000.
Effects of Inclusion Levels of Dietary Vitamins and Trace Minerals on Growth Performance and Pork Stability in Finishing Pigs
B. J. Chae, S. C. Choi, W. T. Cho, In K. Han, K. S. Sohn
Abstract
A total of one hundred twenty pigs (L횞Y횞D, 50 0.78 kg) were employed for a 7-week feeding trial to determine the effect of inclusion levels of vitamin and mineral (VTM) premixes on growth performance, nutrient digestibility and pork stability in finishing pigs. Treatments were 100% (Control), 150%, 200%, and 250% of NRC (1998) requirements. Increasing dietary VTM premixes in finishing pigs had a linear (p<0.05) effect on ADG. It also had a linear effect (p<0.05) on the digestibility of calcium and a linear and quadratic effect (p<0.05) on the digestibility of phosphorus. As dietary VTM levels were increased from 100 to 250% NRC (1998), TBARS values of pork samples were linearly (p<0.05) lowered when stored at 1째C for 2 or 3 weeks. There was also a trend reducing POV of pig meat as dietary VTM level was increased. In conclusion, it would appear that inclusion of VTM premixes at the level of 200-250% of NRC (1998) requirements gave positive effects on growth performance and pork stability in finishing pigs.
Keywords: Vitamin and Mineral Premix; Growth; Pork Stability


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