PROBIOTIC FARM PACK Y IN FEED FOR SOWS AND PIGLETS:
EFFECT ON INITIAL PIGLET’S BODY WEIGHT
Milenko Milenković1, Valentina Milanović1*, Božidar Milošević1 , Stanko Stefanovski2
1Agricultural Faculty, Zubin Potok – Kosovska Mitrovica, University of Prishtina, Str. Jelene Anžujske bb, Zubin Potok, Serbia
2University Ss. Ciril and Methodius, Institute of Animal Science, Bul. Ilinden 92а, 1000 Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
*troska@sezampro.rs
The intensive production of healthy and high value food of animal origin, sets the high recommendation for animal husbandry and industry of the animal food. Maximal demonstration of animal’s performance can be attained only by balanced feed and preserved health status. Therefore, some pronutritive materials are added in the animal feed. The most used group of additives in swine production, for the last decade, is the group of probiotics. Probiotics use physiological mechanism of health animals for stimulating the growth, but for preserving the normal health status, too, by working against pathogens in the small intestine. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of the probiotic FARM PACK Y to performance and health status, at late pregnancy and lactation in sows, and in the suckling period for piglets. The experiment was carried out at 30 sows and their litters, which were allocated into three groups, according to different concentrations of probiotic. The results of this study showed that the initial piglet’s body weight was higher at the groups with applied probiotic in their feed.
Keywords:
probiotic; sows; suckling piglets; morbidity; mortality
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