EFFECT OF ADSORBING FEED SUPPLEMENTS ON THE REPRODUCTIVE FUNCTION OF SOWS
The effect of adding the Nabikat and Probitox adsorbing feed supplements into the diets of experimental and control gestating and suckling sows, in the doses of 2.0 kg/t and 1.0 kg/t of mixed feed, respectively, has been studied. The best results were obtained with the use of Nabikat preparation in the dose of 2.0 kg/t of mixed feed, which enhanced the effectiveness of insemination of the experimental and control sows by 4.8 and 9.6%, prolificacy - by 8.9 and 9.1%, and vitality of piglets of the sucking period by 0.7 and 2.0 %, respectively. The feed consumption per one piglet of weaning age was reduced by 3.5-7.6%. The feed supplements under study had no effect on the live weight gain of piglets during the suckling period.