a trial was conducted to evaluate the performance of broiler birds which supplemented with a commercial inactivated probiotic. four hundred and fifty day old broiler chickens were allocated into 3 treatments with 6 replicates each. each replicate was placed on clean wood shavings in floor pens receiving feed and water ad libitum. in treatment 1, feed was supplemented with 500 g/ton of a heat-in...

A trial was conducted to evaluate the performance of broiler birds which supplemented with a commercial inactivated probiotic. Four hundred and fifty day old broiler chickens were allocated into 3 treatments with 6 replicates each. Each replicate was placed on clean wood shavings in floor pens receiving feed and water ad libitum. In treatment 1, feed was supplemented with 500 g/ton of a heat-in...

Probiotics are being used as feed/food supplements an alternative to antibiotics. It has been demonstrated that probiotics provide several health benefits, including preventing diarrhea, irritable bowel syndrome, and immunomodulation. Alongside probiotic bacteria-fermented foods, the different structural components, such lipoteichoic acids, teichoic peptidoglycans, surface-layer proteins, offer...

In aquaculture, several criteria should be considered to select an appropriate probiotic, including the aquatic origin and safety of the strain and its ability to modulate the host immune response. The properties and effects of probiotics are strain-specific and some factors such as viability, dose and duration of diet supplementation may regulate their immunomodulatory activities. In this stud...

The use of probiotics has been suggested in the treatment of acute gastroenteritis (AGE) in addition to early rehydration and avoidance of dietary restrictions. This document provides recommendations for the use of probiotics for the treatment of AGE in previously healthy infants and children based on a systematic review of previously completed systematic reviews and of randomized controlled tr...

Probiotics could help combat infections and reduce antibiotic use. As use of live bacteria is limited in some cases by safety or regulatory concerns, the potential inactivated worth investigating. We evaluated heat-inactivated Lactobacillus gasseri LA806 to counteract Staphylococcus aureus Escherichia coli infection cycles an vitro model bovine mastitis. assessed ability impair pathogen colonis...

Probiotics are widely used in the treatment and prevention of gastrointestinal problems. However, in some immune-compromised populations, the administration of live microorganisms may not be appropriate. A potential alternative to live microorganisms is to inactivate them as long as the beneficial function is retained. We hypothesized that UV-inactivated Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG (LGG) could d...

To the Editor-in-Chief of Immune Network I deeply regret but request a retraction of our paper published in Immune Network. Unfortunately, the study described above was plagiarized from the published article titled " Gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata L.) innate immune response after dietary administration of heat-inactivated potential probiotics " in FSI (2006;20:482-492). As a corresponding aut...

Probiotic microorganisms (Saccharomyces cerevisiae var. boulardii, S. cerevisiae UFMG 905, and Lactobacillus delbrueckii UFV H2b20) were evaluated as biological control agents to reduce aflatoxin and spore production by Aspergillus parasiticus IMI 242695 in peanut. Suspensions containing the probiotics alone or in combinations were tested by sprinkling on the grains followed by incubation for s...

BACKGROUND & AIMS The effects of probiotics on gut dysfunction in postinfective irritable bowel syndrome are unknown. We tested whether probiotics influence persistent muscle hypercontractility in mice after recovery from infection with Trichinella spiralis and analyzed the underlying mechanisms. METHODS Mice were gavaged with Lactobacillus paracasei, Lactobacillus johnsonii, Bifidobacterium ...