AUTHOR=Zhao Jianfei , Xie Zhuoya , Zheng Meiling , Tang Wenjie , Diao Hui , Yin Heng TITLE=Dietary complex probiotic supplementation changed the composition of intestinal short-chain fatty acids and improved the average daily gain of weaned piglets JOURNAL=Frontiers in Veterinary Science VOLUME=11 YEAR=2024 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/veterinary-science/articles/10.3389/fvets.2024.1424855 DOI=10.3389/fvets.2024.1424855 ISSN=2297-1769 ABSTRACT=
Probiotics are a group of active microorganisms that form colonies within the body and alter the composition of the flora in a specific area to provide benefits to the host. In this study, a total of 96 Duroc × Landrace × Yorkshire weaned piglets with an initial body weight (BW) of 8.56 ± 0.53 kg were employed in a randomized complete block design for a 28-day experiment. Pigs were randomly divided into two treatment groups: the control group (CON) and the complex probiotic group (CON + 0.2% probiotics), respectively. The study found that through the 28-day experiment, the average daily gain (ADG) of the complex probiotic group was significantly higher than that of the CON (