Inclusion of dietary multi-species probiotic on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, meat quality traits, faecal microbiota and diarrhoea score in growing–finishing pigs

Abstract

This study evaluated the effects of multi-species probiotic (MSP) in growing–finishing pigs. One hundred and fifty pigs [(Yorkshire × Landrace) × Duroc] with an average weight of 24.5 ± 0.88 kg were fed in two phases in a 16-week trial. Pigs were allotted to one of three diets with basal diet supplemented with 0, 0.1 or 0.2 g/kg MSP. Dietary inclusion of MSP increased (p