Supplementation with coconut oil for piglets until weanin

Abstract

This study evaluated the performance and mortality of piglets from birth to weaning undergoing a diet supplemented with coconut oil, as well as performed the environmental characterization of facilities. The experiment was carried out using pig maternity facilities. The experimental design consisted of a completely randomized block design with two treatments, eight blocks and twelve piglets per experimental unit. The supplemented piglets received 12 ml of coconut oil. Piglets creeps provided stable conditions in the hottest hours of the day for the stalls. The relative humidity remained below the optimal levels for pigs at the hottest times of the day; BGTHI was appropriate for the recommendation of thermal comfort. No effect (p>0.05) of the supplementation with coconut oil on the average daily gain weight of (g/day) of piglets until weaning was reported and the values obtained were 227 g/day and 228 g/day, without the use and the use of coconut oil, respectively. The mortality rate of supplemented piglets 1.66 % and those who did not receive supplementation 5%, showed the importance of coconut oil when taking the production of piglets per sow into consideration