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Duddeck KA, Petersen TE, Adkins HJ, Smith AH, Hernandez S, Wenner SJ, Yao D, Chen C, Li W, Fregulia P, Larsen A, Jang YD. Dose-Dependent Effects of Supplementing a Two-Strain Bacillus subtilis Probiotic on Growth Performance, Blood Parameters, Fecal Metabolites, and Microbiome in Nursery Pigs. Animals (Basel) 2023; 14:109. [PMID: 38200840 PMCID: PMC10777967 DOI: 10.3390/ani14010109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2023] [Revised: 12/07/2023] [Accepted: 12/15/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2024] Open
Abstract
This experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of dietary supplementation level of a two-strain Bacillus subtilis probiotic on growth performance, blood parameters, fecal metabolites, and microbiome in nursery pigs. A total of 54 weaned piglets were allotted to three treatments in three replicate pens with six pigs/pen for a 28 d feeding trial. The treatments were as follows: control: no probiotic supplementation; Pro1x: B. subtilis supplementation at 1.875 × 105 CFU/g diet; and Pro10x: B. subtilis supplementation at 1.875 × 106 CFU/g diet. Body weight at d 14 postweaning (p = 0.06) and average daily gain for d 0 to 14 postweaning (p < 0.05) were greater in the Pro1x treatment than in the other treatments. Blood glucose levels were greater in both probiotic treatments than in the control treatment at d 14 postweaning (p < 0.05). In the fecal short-chain fatty acid (SCFA) concentrations, the butyrate concentrations were greater in the Pro1x treatment than in the other treatments (p < 0.05), and the acetate, propionate, and total SCFA concentrations were greater in the Pro1x treatment than in the Pro10x treatment (p < 0.05). The beta diversity of fecal microbiome composition at d 14 postweaning based on Unweighted Unifrac analysis was dissimilar between the Pro1x and Pro10x treatments (p < 0.05). In conclusion, dietary B. subtilis supplementation of two strains selected to reduce effects of pathogenic Escherichia coli to nursery diets at 1.875 × 105 CFU/g diet improved the growth rate in the early postweaning period, increased fecal SCFA concentrations and altered the fecal microbial community composition. A higher dose of B. subtilis did not improve the performance parameters over those of the control piglets.
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Affiliation(s)
- Karyn A. Duddeck
- Department of Animal and Food Science, University of Wisconsin-River Falls, River Falls, WI 54022, USA
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- Department of Animal and Food Science, University of Wisconsin-River Falls, River Falls, WI 54022, USA
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- Department of Animal and Food Science, University of Wisconsin-River Falls, River Falls, WI 54022, USA
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- The ScienceHearted Center, Arm & Hammer Animal and Food Production, Waukesha, WI 53186, USA
| | - Samantha Hernandez
- The ScienceHearted Center, Arm & Hammer Animal and Food Production, Waukesha, WI 53186, USA
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- The ScienceHearted Center, Arm & Hammer Animal and Food Production, Waukesha, WI 53186, USA
| | - Dan Yao
- Department of Animal Science, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA
| | - Chi Chen
- Department of Animal Science, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA
| | - Wenli Li
- United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, US Dairy Forage Research Center, Madison, WI 53706, USA
| | - Priscila Fregulia
- United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, US Dairy Forage Research Center, Madison, WI 53706, USA
- Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, Oak Ridge, TN 37830, USA
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- United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, US Dairy Forage Research Center, Madison, WI 53706, USA
- Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
| | - Young Dal Jang
- Department of Animal and Food Science, University of Wisconsin-River Falls, River Falls, WI 54022, USA
- Department of Animal and Dairy Science, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
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