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Pakistan Journal of Nutrition

Year: 2010 | Volume: 9 | Issue: 1 | Page No.: 10-14
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Authors

M.S.K. Sarker

K.J. Yim

S.Y. Ko

D. Uuganbayar

G.M. Kim

I.H. Bae

J.I. Oh

S.T. Yee

C.J. Yang

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This study was designed to determinate the effects of green tea on growth performance and meat quality of finishing pigs. Ninety crossbreed "Landrace x Large White" pigs were assigned to 5 treatments a completely randomized design. The five dietary treatments were control (no green tea), antibiotic (30 ppm chlortetracycline) and 0.5, 1.0 and 2.0% of green tea added. The weight gain of pigs fed diets containing 2.0% green tea supplementation was significantly lower than that of the antibiotic supplemented (p<0.05). However, the feed intake and feed conversion ratio did not differ among treatments by dietary green tea addition (p>0.05). Crude protein in the carcass of pig showed significantly highest value in 1.0% green tea than control and other green levels (p<0.05) but similar value with antibiotic. The carcass grade was significantly increased in 0.5 and 1.0% green tea treatments (p<0.05) while Thiobarbituric Acid (TBA) value of pork was significantly decreased by 2.0% green tea supplementation (p<0.05).
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