<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The main aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of two experimental feed additives based on kaolin clay on piglets’ health and microbiota status. The experiment was divided into 2 parts – from birth up to weaning (28 d) and later after weaning up to 70 d of age. Eighteen litters of piglets with sows were divided into 3 groups: control, A and B. The animals from experimental group A were supplemented with kaolin clay (100%), while the animals from group B received kaolin clay enriched with dried pomace of chokeberry and fructooligosaccharides. We noted an improvement in blood parameters related to anaemia, which were significantly better in the experimental group B in comparison to the control and A group (haematocrit; 37.67 and 37.40 <italic>vs</italic> 39.65%; P&lt;0.0005). The dietary treatments during pre-weaning time influenced the increase of the <italic>E. coli</italic> strain in the colon and jejunum and had no effect on lowering the population of <italic>Salmonella</italic> and <italic>Shigella</italic> in the colon. However, it affected the quantity of <italic>Salmonella</italic> and <italic>Shigella</italic> in the jejunum in both A and B (-20%) groups. The rise of commensal bacteria <italic>Lactobacillus</italic> (+2.3 and +10%) and <italic>Bacteroides</italic> (+5.82 and +5.11%) was observed in groups A and B in the colon. This effect was not present in the jejunum.</p></abstract>

The main aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of two experimental feed additives based on kaolin clay on piglets’ health and microbiota status. The experiment was divided into 2 parts – from birth up to weaning (28 d) and later after weaning up to 70 d of age. Eighteen litters of piglets with sows were divided into 3 groups: control, A and B. The animals from experimental group A were supplemented with kaolin clay (100%), while the animals from group B received kaolin clay enriched with dried pomace of chokeberry and fructooligosaccharides. We noted an improvement in blood parameters related to anaemia, which were significantly better in the experimental group B in comparison to the control and A group (haematocrit; 37.67 and 37.40 vs 39.65%; P<0.0005). The dietary treatments during pre-weaning time influenced the increase of the E. coli strain in the colon and jejunum and had no effect on lowering the population of Salmonella and Shigella in the colon. However, it affected the quantity of Salmonella and Shigella in the jejunum in both A and B (-20%) groups. The rise of commensal bacteria Lactobacillus (+2.3 and +10%) and Bacteroides (+5.82 and +5.11%) was observed in groups A and B in the colon. This effect was not present in the jejunum.

Dietary Kaolin Clay in Pre- and Post-Weaned Piglets and Its Influence on Haematological and Biochemical Parameters, and Intestinal Microflora Status

Department of Nutrition Physiology, National Research Institute of Animal Production

Annals of Animal Science

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The main aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of two experimental feed additives based on kaolin clay on piglets’ health and microbiota status. The...

Dietary Kaolin Clay in Pre- and Post-Weaned Piglets and Its Influence on Haematological and Biochemical Parameters, and Intestinal Microflora Status

Published Online: Oct 30, 2019

Page range: 1021 - 1034

Received: Oct 16, 2018

Accepted: Apr 18, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aoas-2019-0031

Keywords
diarrhoea, chokeberry, fructooligosaccharides, piglets, aluminosilicates

© 2019 Dorota Bederska-Łojewska et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Dietary Kaolin Clay in Pre- and Post-Weaned Piglets and Its Influence on Haematological and Biochemical Parameters, and Intestinal Microflora Status

Published Online: Oct 30, 2019

Page range: 1021 - 1034

Received: Oct 16, 2018

Accepted: Apr 18, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aoas-2019-0031

Keywordsdiarrhoea, chokeberry, fructooligosaccharides, piglets, aluminosilicates

© 2019 Dorota Bederska-Łojewska et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
diarrhoea, chokeberry, fructooligosaccharides, piglets, aluminosilicates