Vol. 4, Issue 1, Part A (2019)

Author(s): Monica Tissopi, JP Bordoloi, J Hussain, HF Ahmed, Anubha Baruah, Purabi Kaushik and Rajib Kro

Abstract: A study was conducted to evaluate the effect of feeding Probiotics on the incidence and severity of diarrhoea in piglets under different feeding treatments viz., T₀ (fed conventional creep feed), T₁ (fed 5% milk powder supplemented creep feed), T₂ (fed probiotics supplemented creep feed added at manufacturer's recommended rate) and T₃ (fed creep feed supplemented with 5% milk powder and probiotics as per manufacturer's recommendation). The overall incidence rate (%) of piglet diarrhoea was highest in T₀ group and then gradually decreased in T₁, T₂ and T₃ group. The average values of diarrhoea scores indicated that the severity of diarrhoea was promptly by the supplementation of Probiotics in T₂ and T₃ groups and the piglets fully recovered by 14^th day followed by T₁ on 29^th day while the control T₀ group suffered up to 45^th day and then recovered. The occurrence and severity of diarrhoea was reduced in the experiment indicating the effectiveness of the used Probiotics.

DOI: 10.22271/veterinary.2018.v4.i1a.06