Volume: 54 Issue: 3
Year: 2023, Page: 772-777, Doi: https://doi.org/10.51966/jvas.2023.54.3.772-777
Received: March 3, 2023 Accepted: June 6, 2023 Published: Sept. 30, 2023
A nutrient digestibility trial was conducted to evaluate the effect of feeding encapsulated probiotics on the nutrient digestibility of pig finisher ration.A total of eighteen Large WhiteYorkshire pigs were randomly assigned into three treatment groups having three replicates with two piglets per replicate. Encapsulation of probiotics (1x1011CFU/ml) was done by extrusion process using sodium alginate and calcium chloride. The encapsulated probiotics Pediococcus acidilactici (NCIM 5721) and Lactobacillus plantarum (NCIM 2374) were given separately mixed with fermented maize for T2 and T3 group pigs, respectively, and supplemented from 42nd day of its age and pigs in the control group (T1)received only fermented maize.The pigs in all groupswere fedwith pig grower and finisher ration as per ICAR (2013) recommendations. One pig from each group was selected randomly for a nutrient digestibility trial at the 213th day of its age using Titanium dioxide (TiO2 ) as an external marker mixed at 5 g/kg of feed and fed for six days. On day six, faecal content was collected and Titanium dioxide was estimated. The results revealed supplementation of encapsulated probiotics.
Keywords: Encapsulated probiotics, P. acidilactici, L. plantarum, digestibility, pig finisher ration
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Kuriakose, A.P., Senthil Murugan, S., Chacko, B., Ananth, D, Prejit and Elangia, N. 2023. Evaluation of encapsulated probiotics containing Pediococcus and Lactobacillus strains on nutrient digestibility of pig finisher ration. J. Vet. Anim. Sci. 54(3):772-777
DOI: https://doi.org/10.51966/jvas.2023.54.3.772-777