ORIGINAL PAPER
The effect of fermented wheat germ extract
on production parameters and immune status
of growing pigs
| 1 | Szent István University, Faculty of Veterinary Science,
Department of Animal Hygiene, Herd Health and Veterinary Applied Ethology, H-1078 Budapest, István u. 2., Hungary |
| 2 | Szent István University, Faculty of Veterinary Science,
Department of Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, H-1078 Budapest, István u. 2., Hungary |
| 3 | Szent István University, Faculty of Veterinary Science,
Department of State Veterinary Medicine and Agricultural Economics, H-1078 Budapest, István u. 2., Hungary |
| 4 | Vet-Nutrition Consulting Ltd, H-1138 Népfürdő u. 17/d, Hungary |
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
P. Rafai
Szent István University, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Department of Animal Hygiene, Herd Health and Veterinary Applied Ethology, H-1078 Budapest, István u. 2., Hungary
Szent István University, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Department of Animal Hygiene, Herd Health and Veterinary Applied Ethology, H-1078 Budapest, István u. 2., Hungary
Publication date: 2011-03-12
J. Anim. Feed Sci. 2011;20(1):36–46
KEYWORDS
ABSTRACT
Model experiment was conducted with growing pigs fed diets containing zero or two levels
(1 or 2 g/kg) of fermented wheat germ extract (FWGE). In the first part of the experiment (19 days between 49 and 68 days of age) weight gain and feed conversion were tested. The 2nd part of the experiment (21 days between 68 and 89 days of age) served to measure the effect of FWGE on some compartments of the immune system. In the first part of the experiment supplementation of the starters’ diet with FWGE yielded 7.8 and 14.2% additional daily weight gain in the 1st and 2nd experimental groups, respectively (P<0.05). Humoral immune response to purified horse globulin (PHG) antigen was unaffected by the treatment. The blastogenic response of lymphocytes to non specific mitogens (PHA, Con-A, PWM), phagocytic activity and phagocytic index as well as the intradermal PHA test was consistently and significantly enhanced by the treatments
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