[Use of dextrofer-100 and vitamin B12 on newborn pigs]

Studies were carried out with the iron dextran preparation-100 and vitamin B12 at 100 gamma, applied to 80 pigs of 10 sows of the Camborough hybrid on two swine breeding complexes of different raising technologies. The pigs were divided into 4 groups of animals each. The Ist group was treated with dextrofer, the IInd--with dextrofer + vit. B12, the IIIrd--with vit. B12, and the IVth was left as control. The hemoglobin rate, erythrocyte, count, iron, and live-weight were followed up. It was found that the hemoglobin values at birth with the Ist group on the two complexes were within the range of 8.89 +/- 1.3 to 10.24 +/- 1.36 g/100 cm-3, while with the IInd group they were higher at weaning--11.8 +/- 0.48 g/100 cm3. The IIIrd and IVth group showed very low values at weaning--7.47 +/- 0.46 g/100 cm3 and 6.35 +/- 1.05 cm3. The twofold injection at a 7-day interval did not alter essentially the hemoglobin values. The pigs of the IInd group, injected twice, had much higher values of the erythrocyte count--7.58 +/- 0.09 T/L. The liveweight of the pigs of all four groups from the 7th day on ranged from 2.15 to 2.4 +/- 0.2 kg. Following a twofold injection with the pigs of the IInd group it rose to 6.1 +/- 0.14 kg. Similar proved the data concerning the iron in the blood plasma. Its values were highest with the pigs of the IInd group which were injected twice--38.86 +/- 1.7 mol/l.