The probiotic Enterococcus faecium modifies the intestinal morphometric parameters in weaning piglets

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2016-01-01

El probiótico Enterococcus faecium modifica los parámetros morfométricos intestinales en lechones destetados

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Weaning, small intestine, piglets, probiotics, villi (en)
Destete, Intestino delgado, Lechones, Probióticos, Vellosidades (es)

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Johana Andrea Ciro Galeano Fundación Universitaria Autónoma de las Américas
Albeiro López Herrera Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Jaime Parra Suescún Universidad Nacional de Colombia

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Global trends for animal production have seen a decrease in the use of antimicrobial compounds in feed, generating the need to implement new nutritional strategies that stimulate growth and promote intestinal health. This study aimed to determine whether the addition of E. faecium in drinking water improves intestinal morphometric parameters in post- weaning pigs compared with the probiotics strains L. acidophilus and L. casei on days 1 (21 days of age), 15 and 30 postweaning. The small intestine was completely removed to evaluate the morphometric parameters (length and width of villi and crypts) in the different intestinal segments (duodenum, jejunum, and ileum). They were fed for 30 days with two diets: commercial diet with or without antibiotics. The different probiotics, L. acidophillus, L. casei and E. faecium, were administered in the drinking water of the animals that consumed the commercial diet without antibiotics. A randomized block design in split-plot arrangement was used. There was a significant increase (P<0.01) in the width and length of villi, and a decrease (P<0.01) in the values obtained for the width and depth of crypts in the animals that consumed E .faecium, as compared to those that consumed the diet with addition of antibiotics. The use of probiotics, especially E. faecium, is a nutritional treatment strategy when antimicrobial compound are used, improving the intestinal morphometric parameters and, at the same time, the digestive and productive parameters of the animals. Work is in progress to investigate the effects of probiotic supplementation on the mofication of gut microbiota of post-weaning piglets.

Las tendencias mundiales en producción animal han llevado a disminuir el uso de compuestos antimicrobianos en la alimentación, generando la necesidad de implementar estrategias nutricionales que estimulen el crecimiento y promuevan la salud intestinal. Este estudio tuvo como objetivo determinar si la adición de E. faecium en el agua potable mejora parámetros morfométricos intestinal en cerdos de destete posteriores en comparación con las cepas de probióticos L. acidophilus y L. casei en los días 1 (21 días de edad), 15 y 30 posteriores destete. El intestino delgado se eliminó completamente para evaluar los parámetros morfométricos (longitud y anchura de las vellosidades y criptas) en los diferentes segmentos intestinales (duodeno, yeyuno, íleon). Los animales fueron alimentados con dos dietas: dieta comercial con y sin la adición de antibióticos. Los probióticos L. acidophillus, L. casei y E. faecium, se suministraron separadamente en el agua de bebida de los animales que consumieron la dieta comercial sin antibiótico. El diseño estadístico utilizado fue de bloques al azar en un arreglo de parcelas divididas. Se observó un aumento significativo (P<0.01) en ancho y altura de vellosidades, y una disminución (P<0.01) en los valores obtenidos para ancho y profundidad de criptas en los animales que consumieron E. faecium, frente a aquellos que consumieron la dieta con adición de antibiótico. El uso de probióticos, especialmente E. faecium se constituye en una estrategia terapéutica nutricional al uso de compuestos antimicrobianos, mejorando las características morfométricas intestinales de los animales.

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