GOATS FED WITH PROBIOTIC SUPPLEMENTS OBTAINED FROM FERMENTATION OF SUGAR CANE RESIDUE

APAS, AL; ARENA ME; GONZALEZ SN

BIOCELL

INST HISTOL EMBRIOL-CONICET

Lugar: Mendoza; Año: 2011 vol. 33 p. 119 - 119

0327-9545

We develop a food animal supplement probiotic, using a solid residue from one of the major agricultural industries of Tucumán, the sugar cane. Ruminant livestock breeding is one of the major industries in north of Argentina. These animals can produce meat and milk of a higher quality than that of bovines in spite of the fact that they consume pastures that generally are not useful for other purposes. Gastrointestinal tract microbial ecology has an important effect on goat health and performance. In order to use the sugar cane residual, we fermented it’s with lactic acid bacteria isolated from healthy animals. The work was carried out with six batches of 20 animals. The animals were kept in individual pens and feed and water were supplied ad libitum. Six groups of animals were fed during one month, with natural fermented sugar cane, and the same sample fermented individually with Lactobacillus reuteri DDL 19 (T1), Lact. alimentarus DDL 48 (T2), Bifidobacterium bifidum DDBA (T3), Enterococcus  faecium DDE 39 (T4) and a combination of all these strains (T5). The fecal flora and the mammal health were evaluated. The T5 result in the best microbiological balance on fecal flora with a significant increased of lactic acid bacteria and had a remarkable diminution of Enterobacteriaceae. On the other hand, in this condition, the higher increased on goat´s weigh was observed after T5 administration. The mix probiotic appear to be an appropriate goat´s probiotic.