Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.5513/JCEA01/24.4.4124

The impact of probiotics in the nutrition of calves on live weight gain and on health status

Luboš ZÁBRANSKÝ ; University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Faculty of Agriculture and Technology, Studentská 1668, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic *
Denisa POLÍVKOVÁ ; University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Faculty of Agriculture and Technology, Studentská 1668, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
Miloslav ŠOCH ; University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Faculty of Agriculture and Technology, Studentská 1668, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
Anna ŠEBKOVÁ ; University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Faculty of Agriculture and Technology, Studentská 1668, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
Vojtěch BRABENEC ; University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Faculty of Agriculture and Technology, Studentská 1668, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
Naděžda KERNEROVÁ ; University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Faculty of Agriculture and Technology, Studentská 1668, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
Gabriela MALÁ ; Institute of Animal Science, Livestock Technology and Management, Prague-Uhříněves, Czech Republic
Pavel NOVÁK ; Institute of Animal Science, Livestock Technology and Management, Prague-Uhříněves, Czech Republic
Branislav GÁLIK ; Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Faculty of Agrobiology and Food Resources, Trieda A. Hlinku 2, 949 76 Nitra, Slovakia
Ondrej HANUŠOVSKÝ ; Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Faculty of Agrobiology and Food Resources, Trieda A. Hlinku 2, 949 76 Nitra, Slovakia
Michal ROLINEC ; Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Faculty of Agrobiology and Food Resources, Trieda A. Hlinku 2, 949 76 Nitra, Slovakia
Umezurike Ngozi MERCY ; University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Faculty of Agriculture and Technology, Studentská 1668, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
Ľubica HORŃÁKOVÁ ; University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice, Komenského 73, 041 81 Košice, Slovakia
Alexandra VALENČÁKOVÁ-AGYASOVÁ ; University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice, Komenského 73, 041 81 Košice, Slovakia
Lukáš BUJŃÁK ; University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice, Komenského 73, 041 81 Košice, Slovakia

* Corresponding author.

Abstract

This paper aims to monitor the impact of Lactobacillus sporogenes (LS), Saccharomyces cerevisiae (SC), the combination thereof Lactobacillus sporogenes and Saccharomyces cerevisiae (CLS) on the health status and the live weight gain in calves compared to a control group (C). The experiment took place in the period from March 2022 to March 2023. 100 Holstein heifers in the age from 1 to 56 days were included in the experiment. The differences in live weight gain were significant when the live weight gains were compared in the first 14 days after birth between the CLS vs C group (63,36.72 ± 4.81 vs 59.55 ± 4.55, P < 0,05) and in 56 days after the birth between the CLS vs C group, LS vs C group and SC vs C group (87,34 ± 4.95 kg vs 83.15 ± 5.32 kg, P < 0,01; 86.41 ± 5.34 kg vs 83.15 ± 5.32 kg, P < 0.05 an 85.92 ± 5.86 kg vs 83.15 ± 5.32 kg, P < 0.05). The differences in live weight gain between the experimental groups were not proved statistically P > 0.05. The impact on decrease and duration of diarrhea was not proved statistically P = 0.0634. However, a tendency to decrease the occurrence and duration thereof was proved. The impact of feed additives on the transmission of passive immunity in calves in their first week of life was not proved as statistically significant.

Keywords

Lactobacillus sporogenes; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; dairy calves; diarrhea; feed additives

Hrčak ID:

312174

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/312174

Publication date:

18.12.2023.

Article data in other languages: czech

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