Enterococcus faecium EK13-an enterocin A-producing strain with probiotic character and its effect in piglets

Anaerobe

Volumn 12, Issue 5-6, 2006, Pages 242-248

  Strompfová, Viola ^a   Marciňáková, Miroslava ^a   Simonová, Monika ^a   Gancarčíková, Soňa ^b   Jonecová, Zuzana ^b   Sciranková, Ľuboslava ^b   Koščová, Jana ^b   Buleca, Viktor ^b   Čobanová, Klaudia ^a   Lauková, Andrea ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Slovakia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Biochemical parameters; Enterocin A; Enterococcus faecium; Microflora; Piglet; Probiotic

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CALCIUM; CHOLESTEROL; ENTEROSIN A; HEMOGLOBIN; LACTIC ACID; PLASMA PROTEIN; PROBIOTIC AGENT; PROTEIN; RIFAMPICIN; RIFASYNT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; INOCULATION; INTESTINE FLORA; LEUKOCYTE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWINE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BACTERIOCINS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INTESTINES; LACTIC ACID; PROBIOTICS; PROPIONIC ACIDS; SWINE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33750513639     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2006.09.003     Document Type: Article

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