Effects of a seaweed extract on weanling pig growth performance and immune function during an acute enteric disease challenge (2000)

Authors

J L. Turner
J R. Werner
C M. Hill
K Skjolaas
S Hogge
J Ernest Minton
Steven S. Dritz

ORCID

orcid.org/0000-0002-9150-169X

Keywords

Swine day, 2000; Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution; no. 01-138-S; Report of progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service); 858; Swine; Weanling pigs; Disease challenge; Salmonella; Seaweed

Abstract

A total of 95 pigs (initially 15 lb and 17 d of age) was used in a 28 d growth trial to determine the effects of Ascophyllum nodosum seaweed extract (ANOD) on weanling pig growth performance and immune function in response to enteric disease challenge with Salmonella typhimurium (ST). Experimental treatments were arranged in a 2 x 4 factorial with main effects of disease challenge (control vs. ST challenge) and dietary addition of ANOD (0, 0.5, 1.0, and 2.0% of diet). Results suggest little beneficial effect of dietary ANOD on growth performance or immune response in the presence or absence of ST challenge.; Swine Day, Manhattan, KS, November 16, 2000

Recommended Citation

Turner, J L.; Werner, J R.; Hill, C M.; Skjolaas, K; Hogge, S; Minton, J Ernest; and Dritz, Steven S. (2000) "Effects of a seaweed extract on weanling pig growth performance and immune function during an acute enteric disease challenge (2000)," Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports: Vol. 0: Iss. 10. https://doi.org/10.4148/2378-5977.6655