The effect of synbiotic inulin and enterococcus bacteria on digestive health and weight gain in calves
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2021
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Arne, A.
Ilgaza, A.
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Abstrakt
The aim of study was to investigate the effect of a synbiotic containing Enterococcus
bacteria and 3 different concentrations of inulin on the performance and health status of calves.
Forty randomly selected healthy male Holstein crossbreed calves 23 (+/- 5) days old and weighing
50 kg (+/- 5 kg) were randomly allocated to 4 groups: control group (CoG n = 10) fed only whole
milk, and 3 synbiotic supplemented groups: 1) SynG6 n = 10, 2) SynG12 n = 10, 3) SynG24
n = 10, in which calves received various amounts of prebiotic inulin (artichoke powder 6 g, 12 g,
and 24 g) with 0.25 g of the probiotic Enterococcus faecium (2×10 9 CFU g
-1
). At the end of this
study all three synbiotic group weight gains were significantly greater than the control group
(p < 0.01). SynG12 (12 g artichoke powder) group's weight gain was significantly greater than
control and the 6g and 24 g synbiotic groups (p < 0.05). The average cold carcass weight results
were similar to the live weight results: SynG12 was significantly (p < 0.05) higher than SynG6
and SynG24. Supplementing feedings with this combination of the synbiotic containing 6 g of
inulin (produce in Latvia) mixed with Enterococcus (Protexin, UK) bacteria (SynG12) was most
effective in achieving the greatest daily weight gain and cold carcass weight.
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Received: October 15th, 2020 ; Accepted: January 12th, 2021 ; Published: January 25th, 2021 ; Correspondence: arne.astra@gmail.com
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calf, Enterococcus faecium, feeding, inulin, synbiotic, weight gain, articles