Effect of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum with vegetable oil supplementation on rumen fermentation and lactation performance in dairy goats https://doi.org/10.12982/VIS.2026.053

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Tanakorn Tanukarn
Trisadee Khamlor
Chayawat Sawangjaeng
Saowaluck Yammuen-Art

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This study was conducted to determine the effect of different concentrations of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum with vegetable oils on in vitro rumen fermentation and lactation performance in dairy goats. The in vitro rumen fermentation was divided into seven groups: CON (TMR without supplementation), LP6SB (TMR + 106 CFU/mL of L. plantarum + 2% soybean oil), LP7SB (TMR + 107 CFU/mL of L. plantarum + 2% soybean oil), LP8SB (TMR + 108 CFU/mL of L. plantarum + 2% soybean oil), LP6SF (TMR + 106 CFU/mL of L. plantarum + 2% sunflower oil), LP7SF (TMR + 107 CFU/mL of L. plantarum + 2% sunflower oil), and LP8SF (TMR + 108 CFU/mL of L. plantarum + 2% sunflower oil). The rumen fermentation parameters measured included ruminal pH, fatty acid profiles, and ammonia (NH₃) concentrations. The lactation performance experiment was divided into three groups: CON (without supplementation), LP (L. plantarum 70 mL of 109 CFU/mL/head), and LPSF (L. plantarum 70 mL of 109 CFU/mL/head + 2% sunflower oil). The performance parameters were feed intake, milk yield, and milk composition. In vitro gas production at 24 hours showed that LP8SB and LP8SF were the highest among other groups (58.87 mL and 59.30 mL) (P<0.001). However, ruminal pH at 24 hours for LP8SB and LP8SF was the lowest compared with other groups (6.74) (P<0.001). The LP8SB and LP8SF exhibited the highest acetic acid, propionic acid, butyric acid, and total VFA production (87.60 mmol/L and 79.51 mmol/L, respectively). The NH3 levels at 24 hours revealed that LP8SB and LP8SF were the highest concentrations compared with other groups (24.13 and 24.08 mM, respectively) (P < 0.001). Roughage intake on days 60 and 84 for LPSF was higher than for LP (950 and 1000 vs. 820 and 890 g/d, respectively) but not different with control group. Milk fat content, milk protein content, lactose, and solid not fat content did not show significant differences among treatments (P > 0.05). It may be concluded that L. plantarum 108 CFU/mL with both oil supplementations increased rumen fermentation concentrations while L. plantarum 107 CFU/mL with sunflower oil supplementation increased roughage intake but milk composition were not affected by L. plantarum 107 CFU/mL with sunflower oil supplementation

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Tanukarn, T., Khamlor, T., Sawangjaeng, C., & Yammuen-Art, S. (2025). Effect of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum with vegetable oil supplementation on rumen fermentation and lactation performance in dairy goats : https://doi.org/10.12982/VIS.2026.053. Veterinary Integrative Sciences, 24(2), 1–22. retrieved from https://he02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/vis/article/view/276341
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