• Animal Bioscience
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• 제37권8호
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• pp.1418-1427
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• 2024

Objective: This study aimed to investigate the efficacy of Bacillus-based probiotics supplemented at two different levels to modulate the productive performance, egg quality, tibia traits, and specific cecal bacteria counts of Hy-Line Brown layers from 25 to 37 weeks of age. Methods: A total of 216 twenty-five-week-old hens were randomly distributed into 3 experimental diets with 12 replicates of 6 birds per cage. Diets included basal diet supplemented with 0 (CON), 3×10⁸ (PRO1), or 3×10⁹ (PRO2) colony-forming unit (CFU) of the test probiotic containing Bacillus subtilis PB6, Bacillus subtilis FXA, and Bacillus licheniformis G3 per kilogram of feed. Results: Improved egg weights and mass at 29 weeks; and feed intake at 31 weeks (p<0.10) were noticed with the probiotic-supplemented PRO1 and PRO2 diets. Considering egg quality, the shell thickness, Haugh units, and yolk color were improved; but yolk cholesterol was lowered (p<0.05) with PRO1 and PRO2 diets at 29 weeks. At both 33 and 37 weeks, the egg-breaking strength, shell color and thickness, albumen height, Haugh units, and yolk color were improved; but yolk cholesterol was similarly lowered (p<0.05) with the PRO1 and PRO2 diets. Improved tibia Ca, ash, weights, and density; and raised cecal counts of Bifidobacteria and Lactobacilli (p<0.05) were noticed with PRO1 and PRO2 diets. Improved tibia P but reduced Clostridia counts (p<0.10) were also observed with the PRO1 and PRO2 diets. Conclusion: Probiotic supplementation of Bacillus subtilis PB6, Bacillus subtilis FXA, and Bacillus licheniformis G3 at 3×10⁸ CFU/kg of feed is adequate to significantly improve egg quality, lower yolk cholesterol, enhance several tibia traits, and raise the populations of beneficial cecal bacteria. Modest improvements in several productive parameters and tibia P but reduced Clostridia were also observed; and could warrant further investigation of probiotic effects beyond the current test period.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제22권9호
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• pp.1235-1239
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• 2013

The effects of probiotic additions to feed and manure on temperature, humidity and carbon dioxide ($CO_2$) emissions in Hanwoo manure during summer (4 weeks) were evaluated. Fifteen Hanwoo (24-mo-old, $580{\pm}20kg$) were housed in individual pens ($5{\times}8m$) and randomly assigned to 1 of 3 treatments (n = 5 cattle per treatment). Hanwoo were fed experimental rations as follows: control (10 kg roughage + 2 kg concentrate); T1 (10 kg roughage + 2 kg concentrate, 2% probiotics on as-fed basis); and T2 (10 kg roughage + 2 kg concentrate, 2% probiotics on as-fed basis + 7 kg probiotics as top-dressing on the surface of Hanwoo manure). In comparison to the control, the addition of probiotics to feed or feed and manure had an effect (P < 0.05) on temperature and humidity over the 4 weeks, except for humidity at 0 weeks. The only significant difference (P < 0.05) observed in $CO_2$ emission was among all treatments at 3 and 4 weeks (but not at 0 through 2 weeks). These results indicated that use of probiotics as feed and manure additives did not have a significant effect on environmental parameters.

• Animal Bioscience
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• 제36권6호
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• pp.879-890
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• 2023

Objective: This study was conducted to evaluate the use of Megasphaera elsdenii (M. elsdenii) as a probiotic on rumen fermentation, production performance, carcass traits and health of ruminants by integrating data from various related studies using meta-analysis. Methods: A total of 32 studies (consisted of 136 data points) were obtained and integrated into a database. The parameters integrated were fermentation products, rumen microbes, production performance, carcass quality, animal health, blood and urine metabolites. Statistical analysis of the compiled database used a mixed model methodology. Different studies were considered random effects, while M. elsdenii supplementation doses were considered fixed effects. p-values and the Akaike information criterion were employed as model statistics. The model was deemed significant at p<0.05 or had a tendency to be significant when p-value between 0.05<p<0.10. Results: Supplementation with M. elsdenii increased (p<0.05) some proportion of fermented rumen products such as propionate, butyrate, isobutyrate, and valerate, and significantly reduced (p<0.05) lactic acid concentration, acetate proportion, total bacterial population and methane emission. Furthermore, the probiotic supplementation enhanced (p<0.05) livestock production performance, especially in the average daily gain and body condition score. Regarding the carcass quality, hot carcass weight and carcass gain were elevated (p< 0.05) due to the M. elsdenii supplementation. Animal health also showed improvement as indicated by the lower (p<0.05) diarrhoea and bloat incidences as well as the liver abscess. However, M. elsdenii supplementation had negligible effects on blood and urine metabolites of ruminants. Conclusion: Supplementation of M. elsdenii is capable of decreasing ruminal lactic acid concentration, enhancing rumen health, elevating some favourable rumen fermentation products, and in turn, increasing production performance of ruminants.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제16권9호
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• pp.1326-1331
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• 2003

The aim of the study was to assess the efficacy of Toyocerin, a probiotic containing Bacillus toyoi spores, on the health status and productivity of pigs, during nursery, growing and finishing phases. On a commercial farrow-to-finish farm in Greece, 3 experimental groups were formed, each of 72 weaned piglets. The pigs of the first group (T1 group; negative controls) received normal feed with no antimicrobials or probiotics, the pigs of the second group (T2 group) received the same type of feed but supplemented with 1.0${\times}$10$^9$, 0.5${\times}$10$^9$ and 0.2${\times}$10$^9$ spores per kg of feed at weaning, growing and finishing stage, respectively, and the pigs of the third group (T3 group) were fed with Toyocerin at the dose of 1.0${\times}$10$^9$ spores per kg of feed during the entire fattening period (weaning, growing and finishing stages). The results have shown that, compared to the controls, Toyocerin treated pigs had reduced incidence of postweaning diarrhoea (p<0.05). Enterotoxigenic strains of Escherichia coli were detected in faecal samples of 0% to 25% of pigs of the treated groups, but in 33.5% to 50% of pigs of the non-treated group (p<0.05). Over the negative controls, a significant improvement of weight gain (4.5% and 8.3% for T2 and T3 groups, respectively), and of feed conversion ratio (6.6% and 13.0% for T2 and T3 groups, respectively) was observed. The 76.5% of the carcasses of the T3 group was classified in the top three categories of the EUROP scale (S, E and U), whilst the respective figures were 47.8% for T2 group and only 10.5% for T1 group (p<0.05).

• 한국가금학회지
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.49-55
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• 1986

닭에 대한 생균제 및 항생제의 성장촉진 효과 및 장내세균총에 미치는 영향을 측정하기 위하여 산란계 숫병아리 180수를 무첨가 대조구, 항생제구(virginiamycin 5ppn), 생균제구로 나누어 처리당 60수를 10수씩 battery에 완전 임의배치하여 사양실험을 하고 이어서 대사시험과 장기관 무게 및 소장내용물의 세균총 분석을 실시하였다. 실험에서 얻어진 결과에 의하면 증체량과 사료섭취량에는 처리간에 유의차가 없었으나 사료효율에 있어서는 항생제구가 생균제와 대조구에 비하여 유의하게 좋았다 (P〈0.01). 건물, 조단백질, 조지방, NEE, Ca, P의 이용율에 있어서는 처리간에 통계적 유의성이 없었으나 조섬유의 이용율은 항생제구가 유의하게 낮았다 (P〈0.05). 대사체중당 소장의 무게는 항생제구가 타 처리구에 비하여 유의하게 가벼웠다 (P〈.0.05). 맹장의 무게에 있어서 통계적 유의성은 없었으나 생균제구가 타 처리구에 비해 가벼운 경향이 있었다. 소장내용물의 세균총 변화는 생균제를 급여 한 구에서 Bacillus subtilis와 Lactobacilli 의 수가 타처리구에 비하여 유의하게 (P〈0.01) 많았으며 Coliforms 의 수는 생균제와 항생제구가 대조구에 비하여 유의하게 적었다 (P〈0.01).

• 한국어병학회지
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.41-49
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• 2017

생균제는 성장촉진, 면역증진 및 질병예방에서 넙치 Paralichthys olivaceus 치어의 양식에서 우수한 생산효과로 적용될 수 있다. 성장률, 선천성면역 및 항병력을 증강시킬 수 있는 생균제의 효과를 조사하기위해 Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus licheniformis 및 Lactobacillus plantarum (BSL-LAB)이 혼합되어있는 생균제와 NBS (nitrifying bacteria con- sortium) 분말을 사료에 첨가 또는 수조에 투입하여 시험을 수행하였다. 생균제 첨가사료는 7주간 투여하였고 3가지의 생균제 조합 시험군 모두에서 넙치의 성장과 항병력에서 대조군에 비해 높은 유효성을 발휘 하였다. 어병세균에 대한 항병력의 긍정적인 결과는 생균제에 대한 면역기능의 향상으로 나타난 효과이며 상기 시험결과로 볼 때, 넙치치어 양식에서 생균제의 혼합첨가는 성장 및 선천성면역 뿐만 아니라 질병저항성에 좋은 효과를 나타낼 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• 유기물자원화
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.102-112
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• 2003

본 실험은 산란계에서 남은 음식물사료에 생균제를 첨가할 경우 난의 생산율과 생산성에 미치는 영향을 알아보는데 연구의 목적이 있다. 사양시험은 일반 사료만으로 구성된 대조구와 Food 30% + Protein 30% + Probiotics (0%, 0.5%, 1.0% 및 1.5%)로 구성된 첨가구로 총 5처리 4반복으로 반복당 6수로 120수를 6주간 사양시험을 실시하였다. 산란률은 생균제 1.5%첨가구가 평균 산란율 97.91%로 가장 높게 나타났으며 (P<0.05) 대조구와 생균제 첨가구들 사이의 난중은 통계적인 유의차는 없었다 (P>0.05). 산란량은 생균제 0% 첨가구가 60.40으로 가장 높은 산란량을 보여주었다 (P<0.05). 생균제 첨가수준이 증가할수록 백색도 (L), 적색도 (a), 황색도 (b) 대조구에 비해 모두 증가하는 경향이 있었으며 특히 적색도(a)에서는 생균제 0%, 0.5%, 1.0% 및 1.5% 첨가구가 각각 5.35, 6.25, 5.23 및 4.75로 대조구 -0.17에 비해 커다란 차이가 있었다 (P<0.05). 하우 유니트(HU)는 생균제1.5% 첨가구의 수치가 63.41로 가장 높았으며 생균제 첨가수준이 증가할수록 하우 유니트(HU)는 증가하였다 (P<0.05).

• 한국축산식품학회지
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.295-303
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• 2005

120두의 3원교잡종($LY{\times}D$) 돼지를 이용하여, 60일 동안 생균제($KBC1121^{(R)},\;YC2000^(R)$)가 함유된 사료를 급여한 후 출하하여 시험에 공시하였다. 대조구는 생균제를 급여하지 않은 암퇘지를 C1, 거세돼지를 C2, 생균제 YC2000을 $0.5\%$ 급여한 암퇘지를 T1, YC2000을 $0.5\%$ 급여한 거세돼지를 T2, YC2000 $0.1\%$ + KBC1121 $0.3\%$를 급여한 암퇘지를 T3 및 YC2000 $0.1\%$ + KBC1121 $0.3\%$를 급여한 거세돼지를 T4로 하여 시험을 수행하였다. 일반성분에서 조지방과 조회분은 생균제의 급여에 의한 차이가 나타나지 않았다. 그러나 수분함량은 T1, T2구가 다른 처리구들에 비해 높게 나타났고, 조단백질 함량은 T3구가 가장 높게 나타났다. pH는 대조구가 처리구들에 비하여 높게 나타났으며 처리구 간의 비교에서는 T1과 T2구가 다른 처리구들에 비해 낮게 나타났다. 가열감량은 유의적인 차이가 나타나지 않았으며, 콜레스테롤 함량은 전반적으로 대조구에 비해 처리구들에서 낮게 나타났다. 육색에서 $L^{*}$값은 대조구에 비해 처리구들이 낮게 나타났으며 특히 T1구가 가장 낮게 나타났으나, $a^{*}$값은 T1구가 월등히 높게 나타났다. 지방색에서 $L^{*}$값은 대조구가 처리구들에 비해 높게 나타났으나 $b^{*}$값은 T2구가 낮게 나타났다. 가열육 조직감의 부착성은 T4구가 가장 높게 나타났으나 다른 항목에서는 생균제의 급여에 의한 차이가 나타나지 않았다. 가열육 관능검사는 대조구가 향, 맛, 연도, 다즙성 및 전체적인 기호도 모두에서 좋은 것으로 나타났으며, T3와 T4구는 연도와 다즙성 및 전체적인 기호도가 높게 나타났다. Myristic acid, palmitoleic acid 그리고 oleic acid는 T3구에서 가장 높은 함량을 나타내었다. Arachidonic acid는 대조구가 처리구들에 비해 높게 나타났으며, T3구가 가장 낮은 수준을 나타내었다. 본 시험 결과를 종합하면 대조구에 비해 생균제 급여구들은 콜레스테롤 함량이 낮고 육색은 붉고 지방색은 희며 연도와 다즙성이 높은 장점을 지닌 반면 pH가 낮아 드립의 발생량이 많은 것으로 나타났다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제18권9호
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• pp.1336-1342
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• 2005

The present research work was conducted to evaluate the beneficial effects as well as the safety aspects of lactobacilli as probiotic. Lactobacilli were isolated from poultry faecal samples, feed samples and from some known preparations procured from poultry feed manufacturers. L. acidophilus and L. sporogenes were tested for the antibacterial activity against four poultry pathogens viz. Escherichia coli, Salmonella spp., Proteus spp. and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Cell free supernatant (CFS) of L. acidophilus exhibited significantly higher antibacterial activity against Salmonella spp. at original pH (4.50${\pm}$0.02). At the adjusted pH (6.50${\pm}$0.02) significantly higher antibacterial activity was recorded against indicator organism except for P. aeruginosa. Likewise, L. sporogenes exhibited similar antibacterial activity at original as well as adjusted pH except for E. coli. Antibacterial activity against E. coli was significantly higher at adjusted pH than at original pH of CFS. The competitive exclusion of E. coli by lactobacilli over the intestinal epithelial cells (IEC) was checked. L. acidophilus strain I, which was of poultry origin, exhibited maximum attachment over IEC as compared to other three strains of non-poultry origin viz. L. acidophilus strain II, L. sporogenes strain I and II. Overall, L. acidophilus exhibited higher competitive exclusion as compared to L. sporogenes. All the lactobacilli of poultry origin were most sensitive to penicillin G, amoxycillin, ampicillin and chloramphenicol, least sensitive to sulphamethizole, ciprofloxacin, neomycin, norfloxacin and pefloxacin and resistant to metronidazole and nalidixic acid. The isolates from probiotic preparations were most sensitive to ampicillin, amoxycillin and tetracycline, least sensitive to sulphamethizole, norfloxacin, neomycin and ceftriazone and resistant to nalidixic acid and metronidazole. Eight of the multiple drug resistant lactobacilli isolates were studied for the presence of plasmids. Plasmids could be extracted from six isolates of lactobacilli. These plasmids could be responsible for bacteriocin production or for antibiotic resistance of the strains. The lactobacilli need further studies regarding their safety for use in the probiotic preparations.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제33권11호
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• pp.1797-1808
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• 2020

Objective: This study assessed the effects of probiotics on cecal microbiota, gene expression of intestinal tight junction proteins, and immune response in the cecal tonsil of broiler chickens challenged with Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica. Methods: One-day-old broiler chickens (n = 240) were randomly allocated to four treatments: negative control (Cont), multi-strain probiotic-treated group (Pro), Salmonella-infected group (Sal), and multi-strain probiotic-treated and Salmonella-infected group (ProSal). All chickens except those in the Cont and Pro groups were gavaged with 1×10⁸ cfu/mL of S. enterica subsp. enterica 4 days after hatching. Results: Our results indicated that body weight, weight gain, and feed conversion ratio of birds were significantly reduced (p<0.05) by Salmonella challenge. Chickens challenged with Salmonella decreased cecal microbial diversity. Chickens in the Sal group exhibited abundant Proteobacteria than those in the Cont, Pro, and ProSal groups. Salmonella infection downregulated gene expression of Occludin, zonula occludens-1 (ZO1), and Mucin 2 in the jejunum and Occludin and Claudin in the ileum. Moreover, the Sal group increased gene expression of interferon-γ (IFN-γ), interleukin-6 (IL-6), IL-1β, and lipopolysaccharide-induced tumor necrosis factor-alpha factor (LITAF) and reduced levels of transforming growth factor-β4 and IL-10 compared with the other groups (p<0.05). However, chickens receiving probiotic diets increased Lactobacillaceae abundance and reduced Enterobacteriaceae abundance in the ceca. Moreover, supplementation with probiotics increased the mRNA expression of Occludin, ZO1, and Mucin 2 in the ileum (p<0.05). In addition, probiotic supplementation downregulated the mRNA levels of IFN-γ (p<0.05) and LITAF (p = 0.075) and upregulated IL-10 (p = 0.084) expression in the cecal tonsil. Conclusion: The administration of multi-strain probiotics modulated intestinal microbiota, gene expression of tight junction proteins, and immunomodulatory activity in broiler chickens.