Effects of Pleurotus ostreatus HXS-M1 Fermented Compound Chinese Herbal Medicine on Growth Performance,Diarrhea Condition,Serum Biochemical Indexes and Fecal Microflora of Weaned Piglets
This experiment was conducted to study the effects of Pleurotus ostreatus HXS-M1 fermented com-pound Chinese herbal medicine on growth performance,diarrhea condition,serum biochemical indexes and fe-cal microflora of weaned piglets.Seventy-two healthy weaned piglets(Duroc×Landrace×Yorkshire)with an initial body weight of(8.13±0.43)kg at 28 days of age were randomly divided into 3 groups with 4 replicates per group and 6 piglets per replicate.The control group(group C)was fed a basal diet,and the experimental groups were fed the basal diets supplemented with 0.5%unfermented compound Chinese herbal medicine(group U)and 0.5%fermented compound Chinese herbal medicine(group F),respectively.The experiment period was 28 days.The results showed as follows:1)compared with the group C,the average daily gain of group U and group F was significantly increased(P<0.01),and the ratio of feed to gain was significantly de-creased(P<0.01);compared with the group U,the average daily gain of group F was significantly increased(P<0.01),and the ratio of feed to gain was significantly decreased(P<0.01).2)Compared with the group C,the diarrhea rate and diarrhea index of group U and group F were significantly decreased(P<0.01);com-pared with the group U,the diarrhea rate and diarrhea index of group F were significantly decreased(P<0.01).3)Compared with the group C,the serum urea nitrogen content of group F was significantly decreased(P<0.05),the serum total protein content of group F was significantly increased(P<0.01),the serum total protein content of group U was significantly increased(P<0.05),and the serum globulin content of group U and group F was significantly increased(P<0.01);compared with the group U,the serum total protein con-tent of group F was significantly increased(P<0.05),and the serum globulin content of was significantly in-creased(P<0.01).4)Compared with the group C,the fecal Escherichia coli number of group U and group F was significantly decreased(P<0.05),and the fecal lactic acid bacteria number was significantly increased(P<0.01);compared with the group U,the fecal lactic acid bacteria number of group F was significantly in-creased(P<0.05).In conclusion,the addition of fermented compound Chinese herbal medicine and unfer-mented compound Chinese herbal medicine in the diet can increase the growth performance and immunity,re-duce the diarrhea rate,and regulate the intestinal micro flora environment of weaned piglets.The effect of fer-mented compound Chinese herbal medicine is better than unfermented compound Chinese herbal medicine.[Chinese Journal of Animal Nutrition,2024,36(11):6958-6968]
Pleurotus ostreatuscompound Chinese herbal medicineweaned pigletsgrowth performancediarrheaserum biochemicalfecal microflora