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The present study was conducted to investigate effects of  Bacillus subtilis  on growth performance, serum parameters, digestive enzymes, intestinal morphology, and colonic microbiota in piglets. A total of 72 piglets were weighed and randomly allotted into three treatments (four replication pens per treatment with six piglets/pen) for a 28-day experiment. The dietary treatments were as follows: basal diet (control group, CTR), basal diet supplementation with antibiotic (antibiotic group, ABT), and basal diet supplementation with 0.1%  Bacillus subtilis  (probiotic group, PBT). The average daily gain of body weight increased in both the ABT and PBT groups, and dietary antibiotics decreased the feed:gain ratio (F:G), as compared to the CTR group ( P  < 0.05). Both ABT and PBT piglets had increased serum triglycerides and lipase, amylase, maltase activities and villus height:crypt depth ratio (V/C) in ileum ( P  < 0.05). The PBT group also showed an increase in serum glucose and villus height in the ileum ( P  < 0.05). Dietary antibiotics increased  Lactobacillus johnsonii , as compared to the CTR group, but decreased bacterial diversity and increased  Escherichia coli , as compared to the PBT group ( P  < 0.05). Piglets dietary with  B. subtilis  modulated the microbiota by increasing the abundance of  Firmicutes  ( L. johnsonii ,  L. reuteri ) and decreasing the abundance of  E. coli , as compared to the control group ( P  < 0.05). These results indicate that dietary of  B. subtilis  improves growth performance and intestinal health and can be a promising alternative to antibiotics in piglets diet.

Effects of Bacillus subtilis on growth performance, serum parameters, digestive enzyme, intestinal morphology, and colonic microbiota in piglets