probiotics are live microorganisms with beneficial health effects on host animals which exert their effects on performance, gastrointestinal tract and immune system. various probiotic products are available in the market. this study compared the effects of various probiotic products on broiler performance, intestinal morphology and some immunological and hematological parameters. five probiotic...

By Francisco de Assis Aquino Gondim MD MSc PhD (Dr. Gondim of Universidade de Federal Ceará received travel grants to attend scientific meetings from Biogen, Genzyme, Novartis, Baxter, and Aché Laboratórios.) Florian P Thomas MD MA PhD MS (Dr. Thomas, Director of the Clinical Research Unit, the National MS Society Multiple Sclerosis Center, and the Hereditary Neuropathy Foundation Center of Exc...

1 LifeCodexx AG, Konstanz 78315, Germany; E-Mails: [email protected] (U.S.); [email protected] (J.B.); [email protected] (P.S.); [email protected] (W.H.) 2 Bahceci IVF Center, Istanbul 34330, Turkey; E-Mail: [email protected] 3 BioGen Medical Instruments Co. Ltd., Istanbul 34235, Turkey; E-Mail: [email protected] 4 Petz Aladár Country Teaching Hospital, G...

Huguette Louis, Augustine Kakou, Veronique Regnault, Carlos Labat, Aude Bressenot, Jacqueline Gao-Li, Humphrey Gardner, Simon N. Thornton, Pascal Challande, Zhenlin Li, and Patrick Lacolley Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U684, Henri Poincare University, and Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U734, Nancy; Centre National de la Recherche Scienti...

Oral infections caused by microorganisms have led to increased risk of oral health problems such as Dental Caries (DC), periodontitis and Oral Candidiasis (OC). Streptococcus mutans and Candida albicans are the primary organisms responsible for DC and OC, respectively. The goal of the presented study was to investigate the potential of probiotics to prevent and treat DC and OC. An in vitro assa...

BACKGROUND The role of probiotics in allergy prevention remains uncertain but has been shown in some studies to have a possible protective effect on eczema. OBJECTIVE We aimed to assess the effect of probiotic supplementation in the first 6 months of life on eczema and allergic sensitization at 1 year of age in Asian infants at risk of allergic disease. METHODS A double-blind, placebo-contr...

The intraspecific relationships among a collection of Enterococcus faecium isolates comprising probiotic cultures and human clinical isolates were investigated through the combined use of two high-resolution DNA-fingerprinting techniques. In addition, the incidences of antimicrobial resistance and virulence traits were investigated. A total of 128 E. faecium isolates from human clinical or nonc...

nowadays, people tend to consume functional foods for the treatment and prevention of diseases. production growth of functional foods obliged scientists to research about production, distribution and preservation conditions of these products. use of probiotic microorganisms in soy-based products may have advantages of both probiotics and soy on the human health. the probiotic soy-based ice-crea...

This study was carried out to determine the effects of adding probiotics and ginger (Zingiber officinale) broiler rations on growth performance, carcass parameters meat quality parameters. In study, 396 Ross 308 male female chickens were used as animal material. The chicks divided into 6 groups with replicates each containing 11 animals. prepared by control, 0.3%ginger, 0.6%ginger, 0.05%probiot...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the functional effects of probiotic treatment on the gut microbiota, as well as liver and adipose gene expression in diet-induced obese mice. DESIGN Male C57BL/6J mice were fed a high-fat diet (HFD) for 8 weeks to induce obesity, and then randomized to receive HFD+probiotic (Lactobacillus curvatus HY7601 and Lactobacillus plantarum KY1032, n = 9) or HFD+placebo (n = 9...