Effects of dietary supplementation of Enterococcus faecium postbiotics on growth performance and intestinal health of growing male mink

Recent studies have demonstrated that postbiotics possess bioactivities comparable to those of probiotics. Therefore, our experiment aimed to evaluate the effects of postbiotics derived from on the growth performance and intestinal health of growing male minks. A total of 120 growing male minks were...

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Published in:Frontiers in veterinary science 2024-07, Vol.11, p.1409127
Main Authors: Cao, Lin, Sun, Fengxue, Ren, Qifeng, Jiang, Ziyi, Chen, Jian, Li, Yalin, Wang, Lihua
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Enterococcus faecium
immune status
intestinal morphology
mink
nutrients digestibility
postbiotics
Veterinary Science
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Summary:Recent studies have demonstrated that postbiotics possess bioactivities comparable to those of probiotics. Therefore, our experiment aimed to evaluate the effects of postbiotics derived from on the growth performance and intestinal health of growing male minks. A total of 120 growing male minks were randomly assigned to 4 groups, each with 15 replicates of 2 minks. The minks in the 4 groups were fed a basal diet supplemented with 0 (control), 0.05, 0.1, and 0.15% postbiotics derived from (PEF), respectively. Compared to the control, PEF improved feed/gain (F/G) during the first 4 weeks and the entire 8 weeks of the study (  
ISSN:2297-1769
2297-1769
DOI:10.3389/fvets.2024.1409127