[Effect of intramuscular and oral use of antianemic iron preparations in suckling pigs].

Comparative studies were carried out on the effect of the application of a ferrodextran preparation (A-100), muscularly, and the oral administration of urzoferruvit and taferon-tablets to pigs. The result was read by the changes in the body weight, the hemoglobin, erythrocytes, leukocytes, and reticulocytes. It was established that the muscular application of A-100 at the rate of 0.1 Fe3+/kg prevents ferrodeficiency anaemia and affects favourably the growth of pigs. The oral application of the other two preparations at 0.4 Fe3+ and 1.28 Fe2+ (bis in die) does not prevent anaemia in all treated pigs, and they are inferior to the ferrodextran preparation in terms of utilization and effect on the growth of the animals.