Influence of a probiotic/trace mineral mixture on growth performance and Salmonella choleraesuis shedding in nursery pigs (1996)

Authors

Robert D. Goodband
Jim L. Nelssen
Michael D. Tokach
Steven S. Dritz

Keywords

Swine day, 1996; Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution; no. 97-142-S; Report of progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service); 772; Swine; Salmonella choleraesuis; Probiotics; Trace minerals

Abstract

We tested a probiotic/trace mineral mixture using a bacterial challenge model in high-health status pigs. We examined the influence of the mixture on growth performance, hematologic parameters, haptoglobin concentration, and Salmonella choleraesuis shedding in nursery pigs. A successful model of S. cholereasuis challenge was established. However, the probiotic/trace mineral mixture did not influence growth performance, bacterial shedding, or other parameters examined in this experiment.; Swine Day, Manhattan, KS, November 21, 1996

Recommended Citation

Goodband, Robert D.; Nelssen, Jim L.; Tokach, Michael D.; and Dritz, Steven S. (1996) "Influence of a probiotic/trace mineral mixture on growth performance and Salmonella choleraesuis shedding in nursery pigs (1996)," Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports: Vol. 0: Iss. 10. https://doi.org/10.4148/2378-5977.6509