PLANTARUM PROBIOTIC PRODUCT IN THE DIETS OF PREGNANT GOATS AND ITS EFFECT ON THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF FEMALE BABY GOATS

To obtain viable offspring of animals, much attention is paid to the physiological state of the mothers. To ensure the normal physiological and immune status of pregnant animals, biologically active and environmentallyfriendly drugs, in particular probiotic products are widely used. The prospects for the use of probiotic products in animal hus-bandry are determined to their ability to optimize digestion and accelerate the absorption of nutrients due to their composition of live and biologically active strains of probi-otic microorganisms. This paper presents the research findings on the growth and development of Saanen type female baby goats whose mothers received the experi-mental probiotic product Plantarum with their diets. The research targets were Saanen type pregnant goats and their offspring (female baby goats). To conduct the experi-ment, 4 groups of pregnant goats comparable regarding the live weight and age were formed; then 4 groups of fe-male baby goats were formed from their offspring. The pregnant goats of the control group received the basic diet of the farm; the basic diets of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th groups during the second half of pregnancy was supplemented with the probiotic product Plantarum in doses of 0.4 mL per kg of body weight per day, 0.6 mL per kg of body weight per day and 0.8 mL per kg of body weight per day, respec-tively. It was found that supplementing the diets of preg-nant goats with different doses of the experimental probi-otic product Plantarum during the second half of pregnancy contributed to increased growth energy of the obtained offspring (female baby goats).