Dietary Enterococcus faecalis LAB31 Improves Growth Performance, Reduces Diarrhea, and Increases Fecal Lactobacillus Number of Weaned Piglets

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 10; no. 1; p. e0116635
• Main Authors: Hu, Yuanliang, Dun, Yaohao, Li, Shenao, Zhang, Dongxiao, Peng, Nan, Zhao, Shumiao, Liang, Yunxiang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 24.01.2015; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Animals; Antibiotics; Bacillus; Bacteria; Bacterial Load - veterinary; Diarrhea; Diarrhea - epidemiology; Diarrhea - prevention & control; Diarrhea - veterinary; Diet; Disease; Enterococcus; Enterococcus faecalis - physiology; Enterococcus faecium; Feces; Feces - microbiology; Feed conversion; Feeds; Gel electrophoresis; Gene amplification; Growth; Hogs; Incidence; Laboratories; Lactic acid; Lactic acid bacteria; Lactobacillus; Lactobacillus - isolation & purification; Lactobacillus - physiology; Life sciences; Microbiota; Neomycin; Nutrition; Pens; Probiotics; Probiotics - pharmacology; Salmonella; Statistics; Sulfates; Swine; Swine - growth & development; Swine - metabolism; Swine - physiology; Swine Diseases - epidemiology; Swine Diseases - prevention & control; Weaning

Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) have been shown to enhance performance of weaned piglets. However, few studies have reported the addition of LAB Enterococcus faecalis as alternatives to growth promoting antibiotics for weaned piglets. This study evaluated the effects of dietary E. faecalis LAB31 on the g...