Effects of Bacillus cereus var. toyoi on immune parameters of pregnant sows

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 127, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 26-37

  Schierack, Peter ^a,d   Filter, Matthias ^b   Scharek, Lydia ^a   Toelke, Christiane ^a   Taras, David ^a   Tedin, Karsten ^a   Haverson, Karin ^c   Lübke Becker, Antina ^a   Wieler, Lothar H ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d Fachhochschule Lausitz   (Germany)

Author keywords

B. cereus var. toyoi; Immune parameters; Lymphocyte populations; PBMCs; Pregnancy; Proliferation; Sow

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3D RECEPTOR; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; SWINE; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACILLUS CEREUS; FECES; FEMALE; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PROBIOTICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUS SCROFA;

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS CEREUS BIOVAR TOYOI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS;

EID: 57849126629     PISSN: 01652427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2008.09.002     Document Type: Article

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