ADDITIVEANTIBIOTIC, PROBIOTICAND PREBIOTIC FOR EARLY WEANED PIGLETS

Authors

  • Asdrubal Viana Santos Instituto Federal do Espírito Santo- Campus Itapina, Colatina, ES
  • Elias Tadeu Fialho Universidade Federal de Lavras, Lavras, MG
  • Márcio Gilberto Zangerônimo Universidade Federal de Lavras, Lavras, MG
  • Vinícius de Souza Cantarelli Universidade Federal de Lavras, Lavras, MG
  • Tiago da Silva Teofilo Universidade Federal de lavras
  • Juliano Pelição Molino Escola Superior São Francisco de Assis - Santa Tereza, ES

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/cab.v17i1.14934

Keywords:

Pig Production

Abstract

The objective of this study was to evaluate the addition of the prebiotic mannan oligosaccharide (MOS 0.2%), probiotic (Bacillus subtilis 30g/ton) and antibiotic (Bacitracin zinc 125g/ton) to piglets’ feed in the post-weaning phase. Eighty (Danbread x Agroceres) pigs were used, that is, 40 males and 40 females, with initial weight of 7.1 ± 0.0175 kg. A randomized block design was used with four treatments and five replicates: 1 - Control; 2 - Prebiotic; 3 - Probiotic; 4 - Antibiotic. The variables evaluated were average daily gain (ADG), daily feed intake (DFI), feed conversion (FC) fecal consistency and leukocyte count. At 43 days of age, the animals presented the same weight gain


 

(P> 0.05); however, there was increased intake of the diet containing prebiotic (P> 0.05), and feed conversion was better for control diet (P <0 05). In the period of 54 days of age of the animals, there were no differences in daily weight gain (P> 0.05), daily feed intake (P> 0.05) and feed conversion (P> 0.05), and also no differences in fecal consistency (P> 0.05). The number of leukocytes increased at 32 days of age when the diets containing prebiotics and probiotics were used (P> 0.05). The diet containing prebiotics increased the number of monocytes (P <0.05), and the diet containing antibiotic provided greater number of basophiles (P <0.05) at 36 days of age. The number of lymphocytes was not altered by the experimental diets (P> 0.05), the diets promoted no changes in the immunoglobulins IgA, IgM and IgG (P> 0.05). The use of prebiotics, probiotics and antibiotics did not influence the animals’ performance from 22 to 54 days of age.

Keywords: additives; fecal consistency; immunoglobulins; pigs.

 

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Published

2016-01-30

How to Cite

SANTOS, A. V.; FIALHO, E. T.; ZANGERÔNIMO, M. G.; CANTARELLI, V. de S.; TEOFILO, T. da S.; MOLINO, J. P. ADDITIVEANTIBIOTIC, PROBIOTICAND PREBIOTIC FOR EARLY WEANED PIGLETS. Brazilian Animal Science/ Ciência Animal Brasileira, Goiânia, v. 17, n. 1, p. 1–10, 2016. DOI: 10.1590/cab.v17i1.14934. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/vet/article/view/14934. Acesso em: 24 nov. 2024.

Issue

Vol. 17 No. 1 (2016)

Section

Animal Production

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