Effects of Dietary Lactobacillus brevis Supplementation on Growth Performance, Dry Matter and Nitrogen Digestibilities, Blood Cell Counts and Fecal Odor Emission Compounds in Growing Pigs

摘要

It is commonly accepted that an optimum microbial balance in animal gastrointestine associated with good health and nutrition. Probiotics have been demonstrated to be useful in manipulating gut microbial balance (Fuller, 1989; Collins and Gibson, 1999). Due to this reason, the probiotics, which is also be defined as direct-fed microbials (DFM), has been received much consideration in recent years.