author(s)
NK Roy, G Kalita, L Hmar, R Goswami, FA Ahmed, R Buragohain, DJ Talukdar and K Sarma

abstract
The present study was conducted to know the effect of bovine colostrum based nutritional supplementation to Neonatal Pig on haematological profile during pre-weaning period. A total of 72 number of Large White Yorkshire nursing piglets were utilized. Animals were randomly assigned into 4 equal groups; Group 1 (Control), Group 2, 3 and 4. Weaning was done on day 28. The nutritional supplement containing bovine colostrum, egg yolk, probiotic, zinc oxide, chelated iron, dextrose powder etc. was fed orally twice daily with a gap of 6 hours up to 7 days to the piglet @ 2,4, 6 ml/kg body wt./piglet of group 2,3,4 respectively. The control group was not fed any nutritional supplementation. Blood samples of piglets were analysed for Haemoglobin, Packed Cell Volume (PCV), White blood cell (WBC) and Red bold cell (RBC) at 7^th, 14^th, & 28^th day of experiment. The mean±SE of haematological parameters in pre-weaning piglets were in normal ranged in group 2, 3, 4 and control group and significance difference were observed in WBC level on day 14 of pre-weaning. However, overall haematological level at 28^th day was in normal range which indicates that supplementation of nutritional supplement during pre-weaning stage did not influence the haematological parameters in pre-weaning pigs.