The Effect Of Graded Levels Of Dietary Chloroacetic Acid In Weanling Pigs Diets On The Intestinal Micro Flora And Gut Morphology

ABSTRACT

Adding organic acid to weaned pigs diets is known to be helpful in overcoming problem occurring in the post weaning period (Tsiloyiannis et aL, 2001). In particular, chioroacetic acid has been shown to be the main energy source for the epithelial cell of the large intestine. The current study was intended to investigate the effect of different levels of chioroacetic acid in the diets of weanling pigs on the intestinal wall morphology and intestinal micro flora in vivo of the pigs. The removal of antibiotics as a growth promoter in pig production has increased the chances for the growth of microorganisms which result in diarrhea, low weight gain etc.