December 13, 2012
The 15th Conference of the Asian Association of Animal Production (AAAP) was an opportunity for Animine to present results from three experiments conducted in Asian countries.
The Conference was held on November 26-30, 2012 in Bangkok under the theme of "Improving Smallholder and Industrial Livestock Production for Enhancing Food Security, Environment and Human Welfare".
Trials were supervised by Chulalongkorn University in Thailand, Dankook University in Korea and the Institute of Agricultural Sciences in Vietnam (graph 1). HiZox®, as a source of potentiated zinc oxide, was tested at low inclusion rate in comparison to the pharmacological dosage of the regular ZnO in piglet diets.
Trials differed by piglet age at weaning, feeding programme during the nursery phase, diet composition, levels and sources of zinc oxide, antibiotic supplementation, and level of growth performance. In the typical conditions found in the three countries, HiZox® fed piglets had the highest growth, resulting with increased weights at the end of the experimental phase.
