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Effect of a bovine colostrum supplementation in piglet diet at weaning on growth performances, food ingestion and faecal E. coli concentrations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 November 2017

C. Boudry ,
I. Didderen ,
J. Wavreille ,
D. Portetelle ,
J-P Dehoux  and
A. Buldgen
C. Boudry*
Affiliation:
Animal Husbandry Unit
I. Didderen
Affiliation:
Animal Husbandry Unit
J. Wavreille
Affiliation:
Animal and Microbial Biology Unit, Agricultural University, Passage des Déportés 2, 5030 Gembloux, Belgium
D. Portetelle
Affiliation:
Ministry of Walloon Region, Agricultural Research Center. Department of Animal Production and Nutrition, rue de Liroux 8, 5030 Gembloux, Belgium
J-P Dehoux
Affiliation:
Experimental Surgery Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University of Louvain, Avenue Hippocrate 55/70, 1200 Brussels, Belgium
A. Buldgen
Affiliation:
Animal Husbandry Unit
*
Email: [email protected]
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In the perspective of the complete ban of antibiotic growth promoters use in animal food by 2006, many alternatives have been studied. However, most of them are not yet technically and/or economically competitive with antibiotics. In this way, the incorporation of bovine colostrum in piglet diets has been studied. Bovine colostrum was chosen for its high concentration in growth promoting and anti-microbial peptides (Playford et al., 2000) and for its high availability. The aims of this study were to measure the efficiency of a bovine colostrum supplementation on growth performances of newly weaned piglets and to evaluate its effects on the digestive and immunological troubles involved by weaning (Pluske et al., 1997 and Vega-Lopez et al., 1995).

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2005 , 2005 , pp. 85
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2005

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