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Table 17.2
In Vivo
Experiments (In Chronological order), reporting Effects of Probiotics In Cats and Dogs (continued)
Animals/
Treatment (Age,
Initial bW)
outcome variables
Quantiied
Dietary Information;
Time on Treatment
Daily Prebiotic Dose;
source
ref.
Major Findings
study 2
5 adult pointers
(2.2 yr of age; 21
kg bW)
600 g basal diet
1. Control- no
supplementation
L. acidophilus:
fecal
characteristics
Chemical composition:
24% CP
18% fat
6% tdf
↑
fecal biidobacteria (5%)*
2. 4 g scfos
↑
dimethyl sulide
concentrations (38%) at 24
h**
fecal metabolites
3. 2 × 10
9
cfu
L.
acidophilus
fecal microbial
ecology
time on treatment: 28 d
4. 4 g scfos + 2 × 10
9
cfu
L. acidophilus
↑
dM digestibility (2%)**
total tract nutrient
digestibility
↑
CP digestibility (2%)*
benyacoub et
al., 2003
17
fecal iga
7 puppies (8 wk of
age)
basal diet: friskies alpo
®
Complete dry dog food;
nestlé Purina Petcare,
glendale, Ca
Control- no
supplementation
↑
fecal iga (~50%)*
Plasma igg and iga
↑
Plasma iga wk 18-56
(~50%)**
test- 5 × 10
8
cfu/d
Enterococcus faecium
(strain nCiMb10415;
sf68; Cerbios-
Pharma, barbengo,
switzerland)
blood lymphocytes
Chemical composition:
22% CP
10% fat
↑
response to CdV
vaccination
↑
CdV-speciic iga (~50%)
and igg (~97%)
time on treatment: 44 wk
↑
proportion of mature b cells
(39% wk 31; 73% wk 44)**
↑
MHCii molecule surface
expression in monocytes
(62%)**
