Maternal supplementation with Bacillus altitudinis spores improves porcine offspring growth performance and carcass weight

Piazuelo, Daniel Crespo and Gardiner, Gillian E. and Ranjitkar, Samir and Bouwhuis, Meike A. and Ham, Rebecca and Phelan, John P. and Marsh, Alan and Lawlor, Peadar G. (2022) Maternal supplementation with Bacillus altitudinis spores improves porcine offspring growth performance and carcass weight. British Journal of Nutrition, 127 (3). pp. 403-420. ISSN 0007-1145

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Abstract

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of feeding Bacillus altitudinis spores to sows and/or offspring on growth and health indicators. On day (D) 100 of gestation, twenty-four sows were selected and grouped as: control (CON), fed with a standard diet; and probiotic (PRO), fed the standard diet supplemented with B. altitudinis WIT588 spores from D100 of gestation until weaning. Offspring (n 144) from each of the two sow treatments were assigned to either a CON (no probiotic) or PRO (B. altitudinis-supplemented) treatment for 28 d post-weaning (pw), resulting in four treatment groups: (1) CON/CON, non-probiotic-supplemented sow/non-probiotic-supplemented piglet; (2) CON/PRO, non-probiotic-supplemented sow/probiotic-supplemented piglet; (3) PRO/CON, probiotic-supplemented sow/non-probiotic-supplemented piglet and (4) PRO/PRO, probiotic-supplemented sow/probiotic-supplemented piglet. B. altitudinis WIT588 was detected in the faeces of probiotic-supplemented sows and their piglets, and in the faeces and intestine of probiotic-supplemented piglets. Colostrum from PRO sows had higher total solids (P = 0·02), protein (P = 0·04) and true protein (P = 0·05), and lower lactose (P < 0·01) than colostrum from CON sows. Maternal treatment improved offspring feed conversion ratio at D0-14 pw (P < 0·001) and increased offspring body weight at D105 and D127 pw (P = 0·01), carcass weight (P = 0·05) and kill-out percentage (P < 0·01). It also increased small intestinal absorptive capacity and impacted the haematological profile of sows and progeny. There was little impact of pw treatment on any of the parameters measured. Overall, the lifetime growth benefits in the offspring of B. altitudinis-supplemented sows offer considerable economic advantages for pig producers in search of alternatives to in-feed antibiotics/zinc oxide.

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Additional Information:	Funding Information: The project leading to these results was co-funded by Enterprise Ireland and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) under Ireland’s European Structural and Investment Funds Programme 2014–2020 (grant number CF-2015-0361). Thomas Byrne who provided technical assistance was funded by a Students into Work grant from the Society for Applied Microbiology. Publisher Copyright: ©
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Date Deposited:	19 Oct 2022 23:10
Last Modified:	14 Aug 2023 05:35
URI:	http://repository-testing.wit.ie/id/eprint/4506

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