The effect of probiotic LSP 122 on the control of post-weaning diarrhoea syndrome of piglets
| Autor: | V. K. Tsiloyiannis, C. Alexopoulos, K. Sarris, S. C. Kyriakis, L. Jansegers, J. Vlemmas, A. C. Tsinas |
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| Rok vydání: | 1999 |
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Diarrhea
Male Swine Weaning medicine.disease_cause Feed conversion ratio Microbiology law.invention Probiotic Animal science law Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli medicine Animals Bacillus licheniformis Escherichia coli Infections Gram Swine Diseases General Veterinary biology Greece Probiotics fungi biology.organism_classification Spore Female medicine.symptom Weight gain |
| Zdroj: | Research in veterinary science. 67(3) |
| ISSN: | 0034-5288 |
| Popis: | Post-weaning diarrhoea syndrome (PWDS) of piglets is caused mainly by enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) strains. A new in-feed probiotic, LSP 122 (Alpharma), containing viable spores of Bacillus licheniformis was tested for its efficacy to control PWDS in piglets in a low health-status farm, using four groups with a total of 256 weaned piglets for a 28-day period. One group (negative control) was offered antimicrobial-free and probiotics-free fed, one group was offered feed supplemented with 10(6)viable spores of Bacillus toyoi (Toyocerin(R)) per gram of feed and two groups were offered feed supplemented with 10(6)and 10(7)viable spores of B. licheniformis per gram of feed, respectively, and were compared with regard to the appearance of clinical signs, mortality, weight gain and feed conversion. The results showed that all groups supplemented with probiotics exhibited a reduced incidence and severity of diarrhoea. Mortality in all probiotic supplemented pigs was significantly lower compared with the negative control group (P |
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