Alan J Warner, Mike D Tokach, Brittany Carrender, Raghavendra G Amachawadi, Alain Labbé, Walter Heuser, Kyle Coble, Joel M DeRouchey, Jason C Woodworth, Robert D Goodband, Ramya Kalam, Xiaorong Shi, T G Nagaraja, Jordan T Gebhardt
A total of 34,749 pigs were used in two experiments to evaluate the effects of a postbiotic dried fermentation product ( DFP ) administered through drinking water on nursery pig growth performance, antibiotic injection frequency, morbidity, mortality, fecal consistency, and characterization of fecal Escherichia coli . The DFP is composed of bioactive molecules derived from Lactococcus lactis. In Exp. 1, 350 barrows (DNA Line 200 × 400; initial body weight [ BW ] 6.1 ± 0.01 kg) were used in a 42-d study with five pigs per pen and 35 pens per treatment...
2023: Translational Animal Science