Saijpaul S. et al.: Effect of probiotics on the nutrient digestibility in rabbits

Saijpaul S., Das K. S., Gangwar M., Sikka S. S.: Effect of probiotics on the nutrient digestibility in rabbits.
In: Indian Journal of Animal Nutrition, 2005, Volume : 22, Issue : 2, First page : ( 138) Last page : ( 140).

Artikel: http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijor:ijan&volume=22&issue=2&article=018

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Abstract

An experiment was conducted to study the influence of supplemental Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Lactobacillus acidophilus on nutrient digestibility in Soviet Chinchilla male rabbits (20; 1 year old of 3.53 ±0.15 kg BW) randomly divided into four equal groups. They were fed commercial concentrate pellet and berseem as control diet or mixed with Saccharomyces cerevisiae (S), Lactobacillus acidophilus (L) alone @ 0.1% of BW or their combination (LS) @ 0.05% of BW containing 2x108 cell/g. There was no significant difference in the digestibility of nutrients except that the CP and CF digestibility was higher (P<0.05) in the LS group in comparison to the control and L groups, which significantly improved the nutritive value of the LS supplementated diet in comparison to the control diet. It was concluded that a combination of Lactobacillus and Saccharomyces was beneficial in improving the CP and CF digestibility of the diet in rabbits in comparison to either of the two alone.