Comparación de la suplementación de hierro en lechones por vía oral e intramuscular y su respuesta en la bioquímica sanguínea.

Abstract

The present experimental investigation was carried out on the "Santa Inés" farms of the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, El Cambio sector; and at the Santa María farm, in the Aserrío sector, city of Pasaje in the province of El Oro, Ecuador. With the objective of evaluating the effect of iron supplied in suckling piglets orally and intramuscularly injectable, which will help us to evaluate the Weight Gain index per week, hemoglobin, hematocrit, erythrocytes, HCM and VCM, serum iron level, by taking a blood sample, in addition to the mortality of the suckling piglets. For which 60 hybrid piglets of the Pieltrain breed with Landrace were used, 2 treatments and 3 replicates with 5 piglets were implemented in each experimental unit in a completely randomized design (DCA), following the norms established in the general guide of Voluntary Character, on the Adoption and certification of Good Pig Practices, providing piglets with adequate nutrition, hydration, temperature and humidity. Managing a basic vaccination schedule appropriate to the area The first treatment (T1 or Experimental) incorporates a vitaminized emulsion and Ferric Oxide orally, and in the second treatment (T2 or Control) incorporates iron dextran parenterally.