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KMID : 1025520050470020293
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Journal of Animal Science and Technology
2005 Volume.47 No. 2 p.293 ~ p.304
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Effects of Honeybee(Apis mellifera Ligustica) Venom Treatment on the Productivity in Pigs
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Cho Seong-Koo
Kim Kyeong-Su
Lee Suk-Cheon
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Abstract
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This experiment was carried out to investigate effects of honeybee venom treatment on the body weight gain, feed conversion and growth rate in pigs. One hundred twenty nine piglets(LY) from 12 sows were allocated into two groups; honeybee venom-treated group (66 piglets from 6 sows) and non-treated control group (63 piglets from 6 sows). Natural honeybee venom was administrated at 0, 3, 14, 30, and 74 days after birth. The acupoints were Hai-men(ST-25), Du-kou(CV-8) and Jiao-chao(GV-1) points at 0 day, the regions of castration and tail ampution at 3 days, Jiao-chao(GV-1) and Bai-hui(GV-20) points at 14(weaning), 30(move into piglet stall) and 74(move into grower stall) days after birth. Control group was injected 1ml of saline to the same site. Average body weight at 150 days after birth was 98.44kg in bee venom treated group and 86.24kg in control group, respectively. Average body weight of treated group was significantly increased by 14.15%(P<0.0001). Average daily gain of bee venom treated group and control group were 649g and 569g, respectively, increased by 14.06%(P<0.0001). Feed conversion of the treated group was 2.21 and control group was 2.49, increased by 11.25% in control group(P<0.001). Survival rate at weaning was 95.5% in treated group and 92.0% in control group, at growing(74 days after birth) was 92.4% in treated group and 85.7% in control group and survival rate at finishing(150 days after birth) was 89.5% and 79.4%, respectively. Collecting together, the results in this study showed that growth performance and feed conversion were increased by treatment of natural honeybee venom to pigs. These results suggested that the treatment of bee venom could be used effectively for the increase productivity of livestock industry.
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KEYWORD
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Honeybee venom, Hai-men, Du-kou, Jiao-chao, Bai-hui
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