Dietary supplementation with high-dose Bacillus subtilis or Lactobacillus reuteri modulates cellular and humoral immunities and improves performance in weaned piglets

Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 181-187

  Wang, Sheng Ping ^a   Yang, Lingyuan ^b   Tang, Xiang Shan ^a   Cai, Li Chuang ^c   Liu, Gang ^a   Kong, Xiang Feng ^a   Blachier, François ^d   Yin, Yu Long ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b HUNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF APPLIED CHEMISTRY   (China)

^d AGROPARISTECH   (France)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Growth performance; High dose; Immunity; Lactobacillus reuteri; Piglet

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (COPPER CONTAINING); AMINO ACID; ENDOTHELIN 1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; LACTIC ACID; NITRIC OXIDE; PROBIOTIC AGENT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BODY WEIGHT; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MEGADOSE; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; NONHUMAN; PIGLET; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; WEANING;

BACILLI (CLASS); BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; SUIDAE;

EID: 80655129379     PISSN: 14590255     EISSN: 14590263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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