POSPÍŠKOVÁ PAVLA, ZORNÍKOVÁ GABRIELA, KOLÁŘOVÁ MIROSLAVA, SLÁDEK ZBYŠEK, KOMPRDA TOMÁŠ, GERŠIOVÁ JANA: Eff ect of probiotics in the pig nutrition on the pathogenic bacteria counts in the gut. Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 2013, LXI, No. 6, pp. 1839-1843 The objective of the present study was to evaluate the effi cacy of a probiotic culture in the digestive tract of sows. Two groups of healthy sows with 40 animals each were fed a standard feed three weeks a er weaning. From the beginning of the fourth week (day 0), one group received the same diet enriched with the probiotic monoculture of Enterococcus faecium SF 68, the second (control) group was given the same diet without probiotics. The samples of faeces were collected (to the sterile containers) at days 0, 15, 30 (end of the probiotic consumption) and 40 (end of the wash-out period), respectively. In the probiotic group, signifi cant decrease (P < 0.05) of numbers of E. coli and Clostridium spp. in faeces was found. The results indicate a positive eff ect of probiotics consumption on the digestive tract of sows and it can be used for a decrease of the incidence of the diarrhoeic diseases that are frequent in the pig husbandry.

Effect of probiotics and synbiotics consumption based on microbiota of human gut was carried out in our in vivo study. Three groups, P (consuming probiotics), S (consuming synbiotics) and C (control group) of 22 healthy adults were used for this experiment. P and S groups had 10 days long adaptation phase without consuming probiotics and consequently they consumed yoghurt for another 21 days. Control group did not consume yoghurt during the experiment. Faecal samples were collected 10th day of the adaptation phase and then 7, 14 and 21th day of yoghurt consumption phase and finally 26 and 28th day of wash out period. We registered different effect of probiotics and synbiotics on Clostridium sp. and Escherichia coli (E. coli) counts in human digestive system. Consumption of probiotics decreased of E. coli count and consumption of synbiotics increased of both E. coli count and Clostridium sp. in human digestive system.