Effect of the probiotic 'Lactina' on some biological parameters and nonspecific resistance in neonatal pigs

Abstract

Twenty four pregnant Danube white sows were allocated to 4 groups. All animals were fed basal diet formulated to meet their nutrient requirements. In addition to the basal diet, the sows from the II group were given the probiotic "Lactina" (500 g/ton) from the 5 day of pregnancy until the weaning of their offspring (35 days of age ) and their piglets were offered 800 g/ton Lactina during the pre-starter period and 500 g/ton throughout the starter period. The probiotic was only supplemented to the sows in the III group and to the piglets of the IV group in the same quantities as those in the second group.Both sows and piglets diets in the I (control) group were not supplemented with Lactina. Blood samples were taken from 20 randomly chosen piglets (5 in each group) at 5 and 35 days of age.The probiotic Lactina, supplemented both to the sows and piglets diets (II group) , increased complement activity in the piglets (P<0.05) at 5 days of age compared to control group, while the addition of Lactina to sows only (III group) or to piglets only (IV group) did not produce significant effect. Supplemental Lactina decreased plasma cholesterol level (P<0.05) at 35 days of age in II group of piglets. Plasma indol level declined in the piglets of the II group at the age of 35 days, while urea level were not changed in any of the Lactina supplemented groups, with the exception of the IV group where the piglets had higher (P<0.001) urea level at 5 days of age.Taken together our results indicate that the beneficial effect of Lactina on the nonspecific response and on the studied biological parameters is most emphasized when the probiotic is supplemented both to the sows and piglets diets.Besides, Lactina stimulated complement activity at the beginning of the neonatal period (5 day) and had no effect at the end of the neonatal period (35 day).

Effect of Dietary inclusion of Aloe vera (Aloe barbadensis) and Yeast (Saccharomyces Cerevisiae) powder on blood parameters of Broilers

“…The obtained results confined the previous research as Subrata et al,1997 and Abdel -Azeem, 2002. Who found that yeast supplementation had no adverse effects on blood componants or liver function. Our observations corroborated data published by some authors (Panda et al, 2000;Kannan et al, 2005;Gudev et al, 2008 andParyad andMahmoudi, 2008) who stated that there was a decrease in plasma cholesterol for chicks fed diets contain dry yeast. Values (Mean± SE) with different superscripts in a row differ significantly (P<0.05); T 1 =Control; T 2 = 0.50% Yeast (Saccharomyces Cerevisiae) powder; T 3 =0.50% Aloe vera (Aloe barbadensis) powder; T 4 =0.50% Yeast + 0.50% Aloe vera powder in basal diet.…”

Effects of Dietary Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Butyric Acid Glycerides on Performance and Serum Lipid Level of Broiler Chickens

“…Reduction in circulating levels of cholesterol and LDL with supplemental yeast was reported by other researchers [8,9] who stated that probiotics could contribute to the regulation of serum cholesterol concentrations by deconjugating bile salts.…”

The Use of Lactic Acid Bacteria as a Probiotic in Swine Diets

“…The results showed that administration of L. johnsonii XS4 in diets towards the end of pregnancy and during lactation had positive effects on the performance of sows, increasing litter weight at birth, 20-day litter weight, the number of piglets at weaning and weaning litter weight, along with a significant increase in serum IgG levels and a decrease in alanine aminotransferase concentrations [ 31 ]. Lactina, a mixture of Streptococcus thermophiles , E. faecium , L. bulgaricus , L. acidophilus , L. helveticus and L. plantarum , supplemented both to sow and piglet diets, increased complement activity in piglets at 5 days of age compared with a control group, while the addition of Lactina to sows only or to piglets only did not produce any significant effects [ 32 ]. Another probiotic mixture of B. licheniformis and B. subtilis (normal feed plus the probiotic mixture vs. untreated control group) was shown to improve sow feed intake and decrease sow weight loss during the sucking period [ 8 ].…”