Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.5513/JCEA01/17.3.1758
Application of probiotic supplementation in the nutrition of farm American mink (Neovison vison)
Lidia FELSKA-BŁASZCZYK
; Laboratory of Animal Anatomy, West Pomeranian University of Technology, ul. Doktora Judyma 14,71-466 Szczecin, Poland
Natalia ŁAWRÓW
; Laboratory of Animal Anatomy, West Pomeranian University of Technology, ul. Doktora Judyma 14,71-466 Szczecin, Poland
Bogdan LASOTA
; Department of Reproductive Biotechnology and Environmental Hygiene, West Pomeranian University of Technology, ul. Doktora Judyma 6, 71-466 Szczecin, Poland
Krzysztof ŻUK
; Laboratory of Animal Anatomy, West Pomeranian University of Technology, ul. Doktora Judyma 14,71-466 Szczecin, Poland
Katarzyna PĘZIŃSKA-KIJAK
; Laboratory of Animal Anatomy, West Pomeranian University of Technology, ul. Doktora Judyma 14,71-466 Szczecin, Poland
Zbigniew MUSZCZYŃSKI
; Department of Immunology, Microbiology and Physiological Chemistry, West Pomeranian University of Technology, al. Piastów 45, 70-311 Szczecin, Poland
Abstract
The study focused on an analysis of body weight, fur quality and selected blood biochemical indices in farm mink fed a diet with an addition of probiotics containing effective microorganisms. The feeding trial was conducted in 2013 on a population of Silverblue mink. The experimental group was offered the probiotics supplement with their daily ration. The control group did not receive a probiotic supplement. Body weight gains, blood AST and ALT content and the quality of fur were analyzed. The probiotic supplement positively and statistically significantly influenced the body weight gains of the mink, particularly in males. The supplement had a beneficial effect also in terms of pelt quality, since the animals fed the probiotic yielded pelts in the highest class of quality.
Keywords
blood biochemical parameters; fur-bearing animals; nutrition; probiotics; quality of fur
Hrčak ID:
167892
URI
Publication date:
5.9.2016.
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