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Effects of Lactobacillus brevis Supplementation on Growth Performance, Serum Biochemical Indices of Growing Pigs

  • LIU Hui ,
  • JI Haifeng ,
  • ZHANG Dongyan ,
  • WANG Sixin ,
  • WANG Jing ,
  • SHAN Dacong ,
  • WANG Yamin
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  • Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing 100097, China

Received date: 2012-07-19

  Online published: 2013-01-04

Abstract

To evaluate the effects of Lactobacillus brevis on growth performance and serum biochemical indices of growing pigs, a total of 108 Duroc×Landrace×Yorkshire crossbred growing pigs aged (70±2) days with an average body weight of (24.49±1.61) kg were divided into 3 groups with 3 replicates per group and 12 pigs per replicate according to the principle of the same sex, body weight and litter. The pigs in the 3 groups were fed a basal diet (control group), the basal diet+0.05% Lactobacillus brevis (group Ⅰ) and the basal diet+0.10% Lactobacillus brevis (group Ⅱ). The trial lasted for 30 days. The results showed as follows: 1) compared with the control group, average daily feed intake (ADFI) and the ratio of feed to gain in group Ⅰ were significantly decreased (P<0.05), and the ratio of feed to gain in group Ⅱ was significantly decreased (P<0.01); 2) compared with the control group, there was a decrease in the number of E. coli (P<0.05) and a increase in the number of Lactobacillus in the fecal samples of growing pigs in group Ⅱ (P<0.05); 3) compared with the control group, serum albumin content in groups Ⅰ and Ⅱ were significantly decreased (P<0.05 and P<0.01, respectively), serum globulin content was significantly increased (P<0.01), serum albumin/globulin was significantly decreased (P<0.01), serum haptoglobin content was significantly decreased (P<0.01), and serum interferon-γ (IFN-γ) content was significantly increased (P<0.05). The results show that Lactobacillus brevis can significantly improve the balance of the intestinal microecosystem, immunity and growth performance of growing pigs.

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LIU Hui , JI Haifeng , ZHANG Dongyan , WANG Sixin , WANG Jing , SHAN Dacong , WANG Yamin . Effects of Lactobacillus brevis Supplementation on Growth Performance, Serum Biochemical Indices of Growing Pigs[J]. Chinese Journal of Animal Nutrition, 2013 , 25(1) : 182 -189 . DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1006-267x.2013.01.023

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