Supplementing infant milk formula with a multi-strain synbiotic and osteopontin enhances colonic microbial colonization and modifies jejunal gene expression in lactating piglets.

A total of ninety-six weaned piglets were assigned to four dietary treatments in a 2 × 2 design. The treatments included: a standard milk formula (CTR); CTR + probiotics (6.4 × 10 cfu L CECT 7210 and 1.

Looking for Possible Benefits of Combining Short-Chain Fructo-Oligosaccharides (scFOS) with Sc 47 on Weaned Pigs Orally Challenged with F4.

The objective of this work was to evaluate the effect of supplementing short-chain fructo-oligosaccharides (scFOS) combined or not with live yeast Sc 47 on weanling pigs challenged with F4. We allocated ninety-six piglets to four experimental diets: control (CTR); supplemented with scFOS (5 g/kg Profeed P95) (scFOS); Sc 47 (1 g/kg Actisaf Sc 47 HR +) (YEA); or both (SYN). Parameters included: performance; F4 detection; fermentation activity; inflammatory biomarkers; and ileal histomorphology.