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This study was conducted to determine the effects of stevia ( Stevia rebaudiana bertoni) and charcoal supplementation ongrowth performance, immune response and carcass characteristics of finishing pigs. A total of 420 pigs (LYD) were ran-domly allocated into 7 treatments with 3 replications. Dietary treatments were 1) T1 (basal diet), 2) T2 (basal diet+0.3%stevia), 3) T3 (basal diet+0.6% stevia), 4) T4 (basal diet+0.3% charcoal), 5) T5 (basal diet+0.6% charcoal), 6) T6 (basaldiet+0.3% stevia+0.3% charcoal) and 7) T7 (basal diet+0.6% stevia+0.6% charcoal). During the experimental period, aver-age daily gain (ADG) was higher in T2 and T6 groups than the other treatments ( p<0.05). Feed conversion ratio (FCR) washigher in T6 group compared to the others (p<0.05). There were no significant differences in total cholesterol level andglutamic pyruvic transaminase (GPT) activity of blood among treatments. In glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (GOT)activity, T3, T5, T6 and T7 groups showed lower values (p<0.05) compared to T1. Insulin-like growth factor-1 concentra-tion was higher in T2 and T6 groups than the others (p<0.05), but there were no significant differences in immunoglobulinG, lymphocyte, eosinophil, basophil and atypical lymph levels among treatments. In neutrophil, T6 showed higher levelcompared to the others (p<0.05). In the carcass characteristics, T6 showed higher level of a carcass grade compared to theother treatments. However, carcass length did not show any significant difference among treatments. As a result, dietarysupplementation of 0.3% stevia and 0.3% charcoal showed higher ADG, higher FCR and better immune response resultingin better growth performance and carcass characteristics of finishing pigs. Key words: stevia, charcoal, growth performance, immune response, carcass characteristics, pig

Growth Performance, Immune Response and Carcass Characteristics of Finishing Pigs by Feeding Stevia and Charcoal