Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5792894 | Preventive Veterinary Medicine | 2016 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
Overall, results suggest that strategic feeding of sodium butyrate, at 3Â kg/t of feed, to finishing pigs for 24-28Â days prior to slaughter was effective in reducing Salmonella shedding and seroprevalance but perhaps only in the absence of co-infection with other pathogens. However, sodium butyrate supplementation at this rate did not influence intestinal carriage, nor did it reduce seroprevalence to below the cut-off used for the high Salmonella risk category in Ireland (50%), or significantly improve growth performance.
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Authors
Kavita Walia, Hector Argüello, Helen Lynch, Finola C. Leonard, Jim Grant, Dermot Yearsley, Sinead Kelly, Geraldine Duffy, Gillian E. Gardiner, Peadar G. Lawlor,