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http://dx.doi.org/10.7845/kjm.2013.232

Effects of Prebiotics and Probiotics on Swine Intestinal Microflora and Fermentation Products In Vitro Fermentation  

Kim, Dong-Woon (National Institute of Animal Science, R.D.A.)
Chae, Su-Jin (National Institute of Animal Science, R.D.A.)
Kim, Young-Hwa (National Institute of Animal Science, R.D.A.)
Jung, Hyun-Jung (National Institute of Animal Science, R.D.A.)
Lee, Sung-Dae (National Institute of Animal Science, R.D.A.)
Park, Jun-Cheol (National Institute of Animal Science, R.D.A.)
Cho, Kyu-Ho (National Institute of Animal Science, R.D.A.)
Sa, Soo-Jin (National Institute of Animal Science, R.D.A.)
Kim, In-Cheul (National Institute of Animal Science, R.D.A.)
Kim, In-Ho (Department of Animal Resource and Science, Dankook University)
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Korean Journal of Microbiology / v.49, no.1, 2013 , pp. 24-29 More about this Journal
Abstract
In the present study, the effects of prebiotics and prebiotics+probiotics on intestinal microflora and fermentation products were evaluated in a pig in vitro fermentation model. The substrates used in this study were iso-malto oligosaccharide (IMO), partially digested chicory-inulin (CI), raffinose (RA), and cyclodextrin (CD) as prebiotics and Lactobacillus reiteri as probiotics. For a pig in vitro fermentation, the experimental diet for growing pigs was predigested using digestive enzymes secreted by small intestine and this hydrolyzed diet was mixed with a buffer solution containing 5% fresh swine feces. The mixture was then incubated with either prebiotics or prebiotics+probiotics for 24 h. Samples were taken at 24 h, and viable counts of microflora, gas, pH, volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and short-chain fatty acid (SCFA) were analyzed. The viable count of Enterobacteriaceae was significantly decreased (p<0.001) in all treatments containing prebiotics and prebiotics+probiotics when compared to the control. However, the number of lactic acid bacteria increased in the prebiotics and prebiotics+probiotics treatment. The pH values in the fermentation fluid decreased in all treatments when compared to the control, and their effects were greater in the prebiotics+probiotics group than prebiotics group. Fermentation with prebiotics resulted in a reduction in malodorous compounds such as ammonia, hydrogen sulfide and skatole when compared to the prebiotics+probiotics group. Short-chain fatty acid production was also higher for treatment with prebiotics+probiotics than treatment with prebiotics. In conclusion, the results of this study demonstrated that fermentation with prebiotics was effective in reducing the formation of malodorous compounds and prebiotics+probiotics was effective in increasing lactic acid bacteria and SCFA and reducing the pH. Moreover, further studies will be needed to determine whether the results observed in the in vitro model would occur in pigs that ingest these prebiotics or probiotics.
Keywords
in vitro fermentation; prebiotics; probiotics; short-chain fatty acid;
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