Table 9. Effects of dietary probiotics on fecal noxious odor of weaned piglets in Experiment 2
Items (ppm) | NC | LA | 38W | PK | PF30 | SE | p-value |
2 W |
12 h | NH3 | 27.43a | 18.37c | 22.87b | 23.43b | 23.50b | 0.379 | < 0.001 |
H2S | 6.73 | 3.97 | 5.67 | 5.13 | 6.57 | 0.785 | 0.115 |
24 h | NH3 | 34.63a | 31.13bc | 34.53ab | 30.60c | 32.27abc | 0.826 | 0.004 |
H2S | 10.33 | 8.57 | 8.87 | 9.57 | 8.83 | 0.612 | 0.271 |
4 W |
12 h | NH3 | 22.80a | 15.43c | 19.43b | 20.97ab | 20.60ab | 0.581 | < 0.001 |
H2S | 4.80a | 3.20b | 4.50a | 4.03a | 4.30a | 0.195 | < 0.001 |
24 h | NH3 | 32.87a | 28.23b | 28.57b | 28.40b | 29.47ab | 0.907 | 0.007 |
H2S | 9.17 | 7.73 | 8.30 | 8.67 | 8.40 | 0.466 | 0.311 |
Values within a row with different superscripts are significantly different.
NC, non-supplemented with probiotics; LA, L. plantarum; 38W, Pediococcus pentosaceus SMFM2016-WK1; PK, Pediococcus acidilactici K; PF30, Lactobacillus reuteri.