This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of dietary wild-ginseng adventitious root meal on growth performance, blood characteristics and meat quality characteristics in growing-finishing pigs. Ninety six pigs [(Landrace × Yorkshire) × Duroc] with average initial body weight of 68.29±0.31 kg were used in 70d growth trial. Dietary treatments included 1) CON (Basal diet), 2) WGR1 (Basal diet + 0.5% wildginseng adventitious root meal), 3) WGR2 (Basal diet + 1.0% wild-ginseng adventitious

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... t meal) and 4) WGR3 (Basal diet + 1.5% wild-ginseng adventitious root meal). The pigs were allotted into four dietary treatments with six replicate pens and four pigs per pen in a completely randomized design. For the whole period, final body weight and ADG were increased in CON treatment compared to WGR3 treatment (Linear effect, P = 0.005). In blood characteristics, red blood cell (RBC) was significantly increased in CON and WGR2 treatments compared to WGR1 treatment (Quadratic effect, P=0.019). WGR2 treatment resulted in higher white blood cell (WBC) than CON and WGR1 treatments (Linear effect, P=0.041). WBC difference was significantly improved in WGR2 treatment compared to other treatments (Linear effect, P=0.042). Total protein was increased in WGR2 treatment compared to CON treatment (Quadratic effect, P=0.011). In cholesterol concentration of blood, total cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol and triglyceride were not significantly different among treatments. In meet quality, pH in WGR1 treatment was higher than WGR3 treatment (Quadratic effect=0.022). Water holding capacity (WHC) was significantly increased in WGR2 treatment compared to WGR3 treatment (Quadratic effect, P=0.050). (