期刊名称：Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine
印刷版ISSN：1232-1966
电子版ISSN：1898-2263
出版年度：2008
卷号：15
期号：01
页码：63-63
出版社：Institute of Agricultural Medicine in Lublin
摘要：This study was performed to investigate whether postnatal administration with
aged garlic extract (AGE) and allicin in? uences performance and systemic development
of piglets exposed to early weaning. Twenty-four male piglets were weaned from sows
at the age of two days of life, divided into 4 weight-matched groups and kept under
conditions of arti? cial sow for 6 days. The ? rst group consisted of control animals, while
piglets that were given AGE daily per os at the dosages of 1 ml and 2 ml/kg body weight,
respectively belonged to the second and third group. The fourth group consisted of piglets
administered orally with allicin at the dosage of 1.0 mg/kg body weight/day. At the age
of 8 days of life all animals were sacri? ced. Next to body weight gain and morphological
properties of the gastrointestinal tract, the haematological examination was performed,
and activity of lysozyme and ceruloplasmin as well as level of gamma-globulins were de-
termined. The obtained results showed that AGE and allicin improved ? nal body weight,
morphological properties of intestine villi and non-speci? c defence mechanisms of pigs.
All these results indicate that AGE and allicin induced bene? cial effects on health status, performance and systemic development of piglets.
