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Effect of administration of acid‐ and bile‐tolerant lactobacilli on pigs intestinal microbial population
Author(s) -
OTSUKA Makoto,
MUTO Tomoko,
KATSUNUMA Yu,
NAKAMURA Yutaka,
TAKADA Ryozo,
MINATO Hajime
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
animal science journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.606
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1740-0929
pISSN - 1344-3941
DOI - 10.1046/j.1344-3941.2002.00068.x
Subject(s) - feces , clostridia , biology , lactobacillus , population , litter , zoology , food science , probiotic , microbiology and biotechnology , bacteria , fermentation , medicine , environmental health , agronomy , genetics
The effects of the administration of four Lactobacillus strains as probiotics on the constitution of microbial populations in the intestine of pigs were investigated by using a litter of pigs. The experimental group was fed a diet blended with the freeze‐dried powder containing lactobacilli at a concentration of 0.2% (W/W). After 4 weeks of probiotics administration, the total viable count of anaerobes in the feces was not significantly different between the pigs fed a diet supplemented with probiotics and the pigs given the non‐supplemented diet. However, viable counts of eubacteria were significantly higher ( P < 0.01) in the feces of pigs fed a diet supplemented with probiotics than in the pigs given the non‐supplemented diet. Conversely, viable counts of clostridia were significantly lower ( P < 0.01) in the feces of pigs fed a diet supplemented with probiotics than the pigs given the non‐supplemented diet. The total volatile fatty acid concentrations in the feces of pigs that were given a diet supplemented with probiotics were significantly lower ( P < 0.05) than those given the non‐supplemented diet. Further, the molar proportion of n‐butyric acids in the feces of pigs that were given a diet supplemented with probiotics, was significantly lower ( P < 0.05) than those given the non‐supplemented diet.