Effects of dietary supplementation of chelated water-soluble mineral mixture on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, blood profiles and faecal micro flora in weanling pigs

Abstract

A total of 105 [(Landrace × Yorkshire) × Duroc] pigs with an initial body weight (BW) of 7 ± 1.58 kg were used in a 5-week experiment in two phases to test the efficacy of supplementation of chelated mineral mixture on piglet performance. Pigs were randomly allocated to one of three treatments [five pigs per pen (three barrows and two gilts); seven pens per treatment]. Treatments consisted of: CON; basal diet, TRT1; basal diet + 0.89% chelated mineral mixture and TRT2; basal diet + 0.55% chelated mineral mixture. Pigs fed TRT1 and TRT2 had increased (P