Table 9.

Effects of dietary probiotic mixture supplementation on fecal bioamine concentrations in sows.

Items (μg/g)	CON group	BS-A+B group	BS-A+BL group	BS-B+BL group	P-values
Tryptamine
Day 100 of pregnancy	2.92 ± 0.24	3.27 ± 0.38	4.39 ± 1.27	1.88 ± 0.29	0.06
Day 112 of pregnancy	3.84 ± 0.59	5.51 ± 0.95	4.35 ± 0.51	3.26 ± 0.47	0.12
Day 7 postpartum	2.16 ± 0.40	2.33 ± 0.48	2.05 ± 0.21	2.40 ± 0.30	0.90
Day 14 postpartum	1.47 ± 0.53	1.52 ± 0.29	1.86 ± 0.39	3.17 ± 0.71	0.08
Day 21 postpartum	1.55 ± 0.45	1.69 ± 0.44	1.78 ± 0.32	1.42 ± 0.08	0.93
1,7-Heptanediamine
Day 100 of pregnancy	0.44 ± 0.03	0.38 ± 0.04	0.38 ± 0.07	0.33 ± 0.06	0.42
Day 112 of pregnancy	0.48 ± 0.07	0.57 ± 0.09	0.75 ± 0.18	0.64 ± 0.13	0.48
Day 7 postpartum	0.37 ± 0.05b	0.38 ± 0.04b	0.57 ± 0.05a	0.34 ± 0.06b	<0.01
Day 14 postpartum	0.29 ± 0.05	0.29 ± 0.02	0.28 ± 0.01	0.34 ± 0.04	0.34
Day 21 postpartum	0.30 ± 0.04b	0.37 ± 0.02ab	0.47 ± 0.07a	0.26 ± 0.03b	<0.01
Spermidine
Day 100 of pregnancy	10.44 ± 1.71	7.13 ± 1.69	9.60 ± 2.47	13.62 ± 2.73	0.27
Day 112 of pregnancy	12.00 ± 1.28	11.51 ± 1.30	14.61 ± 2.14	15.93 ± 1.41	0.17
Day 7 postpartum	6.08 ± 0.68	6.66 ± 0.43	8.98 ± 0.78	6.82 ± 1.11	0.07
Day 14 postpartum	10.06 ± 0.98b	8.60 ± 0.69b	16.82 ± 1.78a	10.56 ± 1.00b	<0.01
Day 21 postpartum	15.27 ± 1.84	15.97 ± 1.64	16.17 ± 2.37	17.60 ± 1.81	0.86
Spermine
Day 100 of pregnancy	0.72 ± 0.11	0.30 ± 0.06	0.61 ± 0.16	0.69 ± 0.18	0.13
Day 112 of pregnancy	0.67 ± 0.10b	0.93 ± 0.11b	0.95 ± 0.19b	1.78 ± 0.24a	<0.01
Day 7 postpartum	0.62 ± 0.11	0.69 ± 0.08	0.88 ± 0.10	0.55 ± 0.08	0.11
Day 14 postpartum	0.70 ± 0.06c	0.54 ± 0.08c	1.61 ± 0.26a	1.17 ± 0.13b	<0.01
Day 21 postpartum	1.18 ± 0.16	1.50 ± 0.23	1.20 ± 0.23	1.92 ± 0.21	0.07

Data are presented as means with SE (n = 8).

^a–cMean values in the same row with different superscripts were significantly different (P <0.05). The BS-A+B, BS-A+BL, and BS-B+BL groups contained 125 g/t Bacillus subtilis A (BS-A), 125 g/t Bacillus subtilis B (BS-B), and/or 125 g/t Bacillus licheniformis (BL), respectively.