Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2013, 61(6), 1839-1843 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun201361061839

Effect of probiotics in the pig nutrition on the pathogenic bacteria counts in the gut

Pavla Pospíšková1, Gabriela Zorníková1, Miroslava Kolářová1, Zbyšek Sládek2, Tomáš Komprda1, Jana Geršiová3
1 Department of Food Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic
2 Department of Morphology, Physiology and Animal Genetics, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic
3 Department of Animal Breeding, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic

The objective of the present study was to evaluate the efficacy of a probiotic culture in the digestive tract of sows. Two groups of healthy sows with 40 animals each were fed a standard feed three weeks after weaning. From the beginning of the fourth week (day 0), one group received the same diet enriched with the probiotic monoculture of Enterococcus faecium SF 68, the second (control) group was given the same diet without probiotics. The samples of faeces were collected (to the sterile containers) at days 0, 15, 30 (end of the probiotic consumption) and 40 (end of the wash-out period), respectively. In the probiotic group, significant decrease (P < 0.05) of numbers of E. coli and Clostridium spp. in faeces was found. The results indicate a positive effect of probiotics consumption on the digestive tract of sows and it can be used for a decrease of the incidence of the diarrhoeic diseases that are frequent in the pig husbandry.

Keywords: probiotics, intestinal microflora, pigs, Enterococcus faecium
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This research was supported by grant IGA MENDELU TP5/2012.

Received: June 26, 2013; Published: November 24, 2013  Show citation

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Pospíšková, P., Zorníková, G., Kolářová, M., Sládek, Z., Komprda, T., & Geršiová, J. (2013). Effect of probiotics in the pig nutrition on the pathogenic bacteria counts in the gut. Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 61(6), 1839-1843. doi: 10.11118/actaun201361061839
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