Effect of Formi-LHS on Digesta and Faecal Microbiota and on Stomach Alterationsof Piglets

摘要

Addition of 1.8% Formi-LHS (potassium diformate) to a starter piglet diet decreased the counts of total anaerobic bacteria, lactic acid bacteria, yeasts and, to a lesser extent, coliform bacteria in faeces and digesta samples from the stomach, distalsmall intestine, caecum and middle segment of the colon of piglets. The pH along the gastrointestinal tract of the piglets was not significantly affected by Formi-LHS. No effect of Formi-LHS on the epithelium of the stomach was observed.