Effects of Dietary Supplementation With Enterococcus faecium and Clostridium butyricum, Either Alone or in Combination, on Growth and Fecal Microbiota Composition of Post-weaning Pigs at a Commercial Farm

Effects of Dietary Supplementation With Enterococcus faecium and Clostridium butyricum, Either Alone or in Combination, on Growth and Fecal Microbiota Composition of Post-weaning Pigs at a Commercial Farm

Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) and butyric acid bacteria (BAB) are commonly used as probiotics in swine production. However, their combined effect on post-weaning pigs has not been assessed. Therefore, here we investigated the individual and combined efficacy of dietary Enterococcus faecium and Clostrid...

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Main Authors: Yoshiaki Sato, Yasutoshi Kuroki, Kentaro Oka, Motomichi Takahashi, Shengbin Rao, Shin Sukegawa, Tatsuya Fujimura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Subjects:
body weight
Clostridium butyricum
Enterococcus faecium
gut microbiota
probiotics
swine
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fvets.2019.00026/full

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