Results: Dietary inulin increased the cell numbers of enterococci, both, in the faeces of the sows during gestation
and lactation, and in the caecum of the piglets (P ≤ 0.05). Moreover, higher cell numbers of eubacteria (stomach)
and C. leptum (caecum), but lower cell numbers of enterobacteria and L. amylovorus (stomach) were detected in
the digesta of the piglets in the inulin group (P ≤ 0.05).