Productive and economic parameters of pigs supplemented from weaning to finishing with prebiotic and probiotic feed additives

Practical evidence suggests possible beneficial effects with the combined use of prebiotics and probiotics which can improve production parameters. The objective of the study was to investigate the addition of Saccharomyces cerevisiae (SC) as prebiotic and the combination of Lactobacillus spp. (L),...

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Published in:Animal science journal 2018-07, Vol.89 (7), p.994-1001
Main Authors: Méndez‐Palacios, Néstor, Méndez‐Mendoza, Maximino, Vázquez‐Flores, Felicitas, Castro‐Colombres, José G., Ramírez‐Bribiesca, J. Efrén
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animal Feed
Animal Husbandry - economics
Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
Animals
Bacillus
Body weight gain
Breeding - economics
Conversion ratio
costs
Cytokines
Diet - veterinary
Dietary Supplements
Eating
Economics
Eosinophils
Feasibility studies
Feed additives
Feed conversion
Food additives
Fungi
Humans
Hybrids
Ileum
Ileum - metabolism
Infiltration
Interleukin-6 - metabolism
Interleukins
Intestinal Mucosa - metabolism
intestine
Lactobacillus
Leukocytes (eosinophilic)
Leukocytes, Mononuclear
Male
Metastases
Mucosa
Original
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Parameters
pigs
Prebiotics
Prebiotics - administration & dosage
Probiotics
Probiotics - administration & dosage
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Swine
Swine - growth & development
Swine - metabolism
Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha - metabolism
Viscera
Weaning
Weight Gain
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Summary:Practical evidence suggests possible beneficial effects with the combined use of prebiotics and probiotics which can improve production parameters. The objective of the study was to investigate the addition of Saccharomyces cerevisiae (SC) as prebiotic and the combination of Lactobacillus spp. (L), Bacillus spp. (B) as probiotics on productive parameters and economic feasibility. Four hundred male pigs, hybrids of commercial genetic lines (Pietrain), were used: T1 = control group, T2 = 4 kg/tonne SC, T3 = 0.8 kg/tonne feed L and B, T4 = 4 kg/tonne SC + 0.8 kg/tonne L and B. Productive parameters were recorded in the treatment groups for four periods. Then, the viscera of five pigs per treatment were collected after slaughter to evaluate the histological changes and cytokine concentrations in the ileum. The weight gains of groups at 70–100, 100–125 and 125–150 days in the T4 group showed statistically increases (p 
ISSN:1344-3941
1740-0929
DOI:10.1111/asj.13008