Beneficial properties of residues fermented with goat probiotic on gut health.

ANA L APAS; ARENA MARIO EDUARDO; GONZALEZ, SILVIA NELINA

ANIMAL FEED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV

Lugar: Amsterdam; Año: 2015 vol. 3

0377-8401

bstract ? Sugarcane is rich in dietary fibers that havebeneficial properties in gastrointestinal tract. In addition thesugarcane is well known for its protective role in mammalianhealth. However, the sugarcane industry produces vastquantities of residues. Sugarcane blunting (waste producedby the sugarcane industry) was fermented under differentconditions: using native microbiota (control), using specificgoat probiotics, including Lactobacillus reuteri DDL19(Treatment Nº1), Lactobacillus alimentarius DDL 48(Treatment Nº2), Enterococcus faecium DDE 39 (TreatmentNº3), Bifidobacterium bifidum DDBA (Treatment Nº4) and aprobiotic mixture containing equal amounts of the fourprobiotics (Treatment N°5). The fermented sugarcane is asynbiotic supplement for goats because it contains goatprobiotic as well as dietary fibers considered as prebiotic.Firstly, the ensilages were microbiologically examined andthen administered simultaneously to different batches of sixgoats each immediately after weani