A team of Thai researchers examined the effects of supplementing the feed additive B. licheniformis on the microbiota composition of sow colostrum and milk and subsequent diarrhoea incidence in piglets. Photo: Henk Riswick
The probiotic bacteria Bacillus licheniformis has been observed to be beneficial for piglet health and development. That was the outcome of recent research in Thailand. Researchers form Thailand’s Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok reported about their findings in the peer-reviewed journal Scientific Reports in January 2025. The probiotic bacteria B. licheniformis enhance the diversity and relative abundances of beneficial bacteria in sow gut microbiota, the team wrote. Up until
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