Selection of a novel direct-fed microbial to enhance weight gain in intensively reared calves

Adams, M.C.; Luo, Jianbiao; Rayward, D.; King, Stuart; Gibson, Richard; Moghaddam, Gh

doi:10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2007.05.035

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“…Consequently, the calves might be more resistant to diseases and have improved performance. Administration of probiotic strains separately and in combination has been shown by several groups to significantly improve feed intake, feed conversion rate, daily weight gain and total body weight in calves, chicken and piglets (Timmerman et al, 2006;Adams et al, 2008;Awad et al, 2009;). The administration of probiotics reduced the necessity for antibiotic treatments against digestive diseases, decreased medication costs and improved calf performance under the experimental conditions described here.…”

Section: Feed Intake and Conversion Ratementioning

confidence: 99%

Effects of probiotic dietary supplementation on diarrhoea patterns, faecal microbiota and performance of early weaned calves

Jatkauskas¹,

Vrotniakiene²

2010

Vet. Med. - Czech

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Twenty Lithuanian Black-and-White calves (10 bulls, 10 heifers) were used to evaluate the effects of the supplemental probiotic product, Enterococcus faecium M74 (2.4 g/day/calve), added to fresh milk and skimmed milk in a 56 day-study. The probiotic was administered by dietary supplementation to first group of calves and their respective pens (probiotic group), whereas the second group (control group) received no probiotic supplementation. The results of this trial indicate positive effects of the probiotic product Enterococcus faecium M74. The actual percentage of calves with diarrhoea was reduced from 50 % to 20% among the calves fed the pre-and probiotic diet. Probiotic supplementation reduced the faecal count of clostridia and enterococci. The calves fed Enterococcus faecium M74 weighed more at 20, 40 and 62 days of age by 4.9%, by 9.7% (P < 0.05) and by 9.4% (P < 0.01), respectively, than the control calves. The calves fed Enterococcus faecium M74 had increased daily weight gains compared with the calves not fed a probiotic product. The average weight gain and the daily weight gain of the probiotic-supplemented calves were by 7.8 kg (P < 0.01) and by 0.14 kg higher (P < 0.01) compared with the control calves. The calves given the Enterococcus faecium M74 also had forage and total DM intakes that were numerically higher than those fed the control diet, without any additive. During the 56 days experimental period, the average feed conversion rate was improved by 12.9% in the probiotic-treated group.

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confidence: 99%

Effects of probiotic dietary supplementation on diarrhoea patterns, faecal microbiota and performance of early weaned calves

Jatkauskas¹,

Vrotniakiene²

2010

Vet. Med. - Czech

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“…In this sense, it has been reported that dairy propionibacteria administered alone or combined with other microorganisms increase the weight gain, feed efficiency and health of different animals such as laying hens and broilers [147], pigs [148] and calves [149,150].…”

Section: Dairy Propionibacteria: Less Conventional Probiotics To Imprmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…With respect to calves, a preparation called Proma, which is a blended culture of lactic acid bacteria plus P. freudenreichii and a DFM product containing P. jensenii 702 showed to be effective to improve weight gain during pre-weaning and weaning periods [149,150].…”

Section: Dairy Propionibacteria: Less Conventional Probiotics To Imprmentioning

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Dairy Propionibacteria: Less Conventional Probiotics to Improve the Human and Animal Health

Zárate¹

2012

Probiotic in Animals

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“…During the first 10 days of the experiment, the calves from both groups lost weight (CG animals lost 1 kg whereas PG ones lost 0.1 kg in average), which is considered normal during the first weeks of life for calves and may be due to transport stress (Adams et al 2008). On day 27, animals that survived had a weight gain of 7.3 kg for PG and of 3.8 kg for CG as compared to the start of the experiment.…”

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Faecal culturable microbiota, growth and clinical parameters of calves supplemented with lactic acid bacteria and lactose prior and during experimental infection with Salmonella Dublin DSPV 595T

Soto¹,

Frizzo²,

Signorini³

et al. 2015

Arch. med. vet.

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Selection of a novel direct-fed microbial to enhance weight gain in intensively reared calves

Cited by 77 publications

References 29 publications

Effects of probiotic dietary supplementation on diarrhoea patterns, faecal microbiota and performance of early weaned calves

Effects of probiotic dietary supplementation on diarrhoea patterns, faecal microbiota and performance of early weaned calves

Dairy Propionibacteria: Less Conventional Probiotics to Improve the Human and Animal Health

Faecal culturable microbiota, growth and clinical parameters of calves supplemented with lactic acid bacteria and lactose prior and during experimental infection with Salmonella Dublin DSPV 595T

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