The longitudinal effect of a multi‐strain probiotic on the intestinal bacterial microbiota of neonatal foals

Abstract

There were limited effects of probiotic treatment on the bacterial microbiota of foals. The studied probiotic based on lactobacilli and bifidobacteria has a limited potential for therapeutic modification of the gastrointestinal microbiota.

A New Acid-Resistant Seamless Capsule of Bifidobacterium Improves Chronic Constipation in Patients on Maintenance Hemodialysis

“…Besides, it had been reported that a kind of probiotics might contribute to improve bowel symptoms such as diarrhea or constipation by altering microbiota and insetinal flora. Thus, our Bs would be consistent with this concept [11][12][13].…”

Selection of a candidate probiotic strain ofPediococcus pentosaceusfrom the faecal microbiota of horses byin vitrotesting and health claims in a mouse model ofSalmonellainfection

“…reuteri, Lactobacillus johnsonii and Bifidobacterium boum, regulated intestinal function and contributed to diarrhoea prevention in neonatal Thoroughbreds. However, other studies have shown that the introduction of live, beneficial micro-organisms orally into the animal gut yielded variable results, with limited potential for therapeutic modification of foals' gastrointestinal microbiota and even adverse effects noted, with animals becoming more likely to develop diarrhoea requiring veterinary intervention (Schoster et al 2015(Schoster et al , 2016. Data in the literature have also reported the use of LAB that induced an inflammatory response to immune adjuvants in influenza, polio, rotavirus and cholera vaccines (Paineau et al 2008;Zhang et al 2008;Davidson et al 2011).…”

The use of Probiotics in Horses with Gastrointestinal Disease

“…Unabeling free access to grass and hay and overfeeding with rapidly fermenting carbohydrates exposes horses to colics or laminitis more then in open pasture conditions (Kronfeld and Harris, 1997). Due to its' sensitivity, specifics of equine gastrointestinal tract should be considered when choosing an appropriate probiotic preparation (Weese et al, 2004;Schoster et al, 2015b). In horses the treatment of the gastrointestinal tract by the recovery of microbiota may represent "the next frontier in equine gastroenterology" (Mullen et al, 2016).…”

“…Even though in vitro activity of this probiotic showed good results, there was no influence on Clostridial fecal shedding in this study. The following study by Schoster et al (2015b) included 38 foals from a previous study investigating the probiotics effects on the bacterial microbiota during and after administration. Insignificant differences in relative abundance of families and species in treated foals proved limited potential of the used probiotics for therapeutic modification of the gastrointestinal microbiota.…”