The use of probiotics for the correction of disturbances of metabolism in cows

Abstract

Currently, there is a huge range of different feed additives on the market, which are widely used in animal husbandry, but they act simultaneously, i. e. by stopping their use the resulting effect is also lost. Metabolic disorders due to feeding errors begin imperceptibly without any precursors, and first of all this affects the biochemical parameters of the blood only later leads to alimentary diseases with deep often irreversible degenerative changes in organs and tissues. In practice, there are rarely disorders of any one type of metabolism more often there are combinations of various metabolic disorders, especially often this occurs in the absence of a complete balanced feeding. The purpose of the work was to evaluate the effectiveness of the use of a probiotic drug based on Bacillus subtilis in the watering of lactating cows for the correction of metabolic disorders. In order to assess the actual presence of probiotics in the water during the experiment its analysis has been carried out. It has shown that in the water that enters the distribution tank the total microbial number was 9×10[sup]5[/sup] CFU/ml, and in the drinker this indicator was at the level of 3,8×10[sup]5[/sup] CFU/ml. Common coliform bacteria and thermotolerant coliform bacteria have been not detected. Studies have shown that when using the drug based on Bacillus subtilis containing five strains of bacteria in an amount of 0,01 %, which is 6 ml/head/day in the watering of lactating cows during the increasing the milk yield period there was a tendency to correct metabolic disorders. There was the decrease in the content of ketone bodies by 11,9 %, the increase in glucose by 34 % and the decrease in urea by 7,1 mmol/l.