The Effect of Rubber Flooring on Gilt Skin Bacterial Count
The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of rubher flooring on the gilt skin microhiological cleanness.The study was carried out at a commercial pig breeding farm service unit during autumn and winter production cycles,including two groups of 14 gilts each,kept in individual stalls with slatted concrete floor for 28 days.Group 1 gilts served as controls,while in group 2 the stall floor was covered with adjusted textured rubber mat.On cycle days l,8.15 and 28,swabs were obtained from the gilt skin surface and total aerohic mesophilic hacteria (AMB)were enumerated.Study results revealed the mean AMB count on all days observed and AMB count on day 28 to be significantly higher (P<0.05)in the experimental versus control group in both cycles.Also,a significantly higher (P<0.05)AMB count was determined in the experimental group on days 8 ancl 15 during winter.In conclusion.the use of rubber flooring for gilts may result in increased values of total AMB on their skin.
Ostovic,M Mencik,S Ekert Kabalin,A Greguric Gracner,G Antunovic,B Mikulic,M Cvetnic,Z Pavicic,Z
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine,University of Zagreb,Zagreb,Croatia Faculty of Agriculture,Josip Juraj Strossmayer University,Osijek,Croatia Croatian Veterinary Institute,Zagreb,Croatia
国际会议
XVIth International Congress on Animal Hygiene(第十六届动物卫生国际会议(ISAH 2013))
南京
英文
177-179
2013-05-05（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）