Influence of a probiotic/trace mineral mixture on growth performance and salmonella choleraesuis shedding in nursery pigs
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2010-03-02T18:22:01Z
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Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service
Abstract
We tested a probiotic/trace mineral mixture using a bacterial challenge model in high-health status pigs. We examined the influence of the mixture on growth performance, hematologic parameters, haptoglobin concentration, and Salmonella choleraesuis shedding in nursery pigs. A successful model of S. cholereasuis challenge was established. However, the probiotic/trace mineral mixture did not influence growth performance, bacterial shedding, or other parameters examined in this experiment.
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Swine, Salmonella choleraesuis, Probiotics, Trace minerals