Five commerdy avatlable probiotics or yeast culture were compared with the performance of growing-hhgpigs and odorgenerating substances in the feces. Total of 240 pigs were used for group feedig trial for 80 days with 6 treatments(T0 : Control, T1 : D...
Five commerdy avatlable probiotics or yeast culture were compared with the performance of growing-hhgpigs and odorgenerating substances in the feces. Total of 240 pigs were used for group feedig trial for 80 days with 6 treatments(T0 : Control, T1 : DS Cleaner 1 kgl 1 ton feed, T2 Atapon 0.5 kg/l ton feed, T3 : Bio-pro 1 kgl 1 ton feed, T4 : Photoplus 1 kg/ 1 ton feed and T5 CYC 2000, 5 kg/ 1 ton feed). Each treatment has 20 pigs with two replicates. At the end of trial 7 pigs from each treatment were slaughtered for carcase quality evaluation.
Fecal nitrogen, ammonia nitrogen, VFA concentration and pH were analysed as a indicator of ordorgenerahg substance. The bactenal counts in the feces and acid resstance and enzyme activity of isolated bacteria were also evaluated.
Average body weght at D-70 were T1: 97.46 kg, T3 : 95.18 kg, T2 : 94.44 kg and T4 : 93.49 kg, sgruficantly(p<O.05) higher body weights were obtained in probiotic feeding group than the control. However, there was no significant difference in feed intake and feed converjlon between treatments.
Backfat thickness were Sgnficantly(p<O.05) affected by probiotic or yeast culture feeding, lowest backfat was in Tl(15.29 mm) and higher backfat were found in probiotic feedug group than the control.
Total bactenal counts in feces were in the range of 10^(7)-10^(8) cfu/g in the first week of tnal but was gradually decreased by 106-107 at the end of experiment. Number of coliform bactenal cell was not in the other group.
Total nitrogen, ammonia nitrogen and total VFA umcentration in the feces were decreased in all treatment during probiotic feeding period. Total nitrogen concentration were decreased by 68.28% in T1, 60.19% in T4, 45.63% in the control, 38.99% in T2, 31.83% in T5 and 18.10% in T3 when compared between week 1 and week 10. Fecal ammonia nitrogen concentration also expressed the similar pattern of total nitrogen.
Bactenal enzyme activity and the add resistance capability of bacteria which were cultured from commercial probiotics were also evaluated.