The duck growth performance
tended to be improved with increasing SB from 0 to 1% supplemented
in basal commercial diet (Ruttanavut et al.,
2009). Pigs fed antibiotic showed higher (Pb0.001) ADG
and better feed efficiency followed by pigs fed 0.2% wood vinegar
and 0.2% organic acid diets while those fed the control
diet had lowest ADG and poorest feed efficiency. The overall
ADFI was highest (Pb0.001) in pigs fed wood vinegar and
lowest in pigs fed the control diet (Choi et al., 2009). In this
study, adding 0.4% bamboo vinegar in feed was effective in improving the performance of piglets, and comparable with
the pigs fed diets containing antibiotics. Due to the higher
feed intake of pigs in BV4 and antibiotics, the final weight
and daily weight gain for pigs in both treatments were significantly
higher than those in control, therefore feed to gain
ratio was not significantly different among treatments. The
physical condition was good for animals on bamboo vinegar,
similar to animals treated with antibiotics during the whole
experiment. The results manifested that the bamboo vinegar
has the potential to replace antibiotics.