Enterococcus faecium Vpro 21 and Improved Peripheral Blood Lymphocyte Proliferation

• Effects of dietary Enterococcus faecium NCIMB 11181 supplementation on growth performance and cellular and humoral immune responses in broiler chickens

  • 2019-01
  • RCT · n = 360
  • Poultry Science 98(1)
  • • Yuanyuan Wu
    • W. Zhen
    • Y. Geng
    • Zhong Wang
    • Yuming Guo

  • PubMed: 30137622
  • DOI: 10.3382/ps/pey368

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  • Improved Peripheral Blood Lymphocyte Proliferation

  • Low evidence
  • Rigorous Journal
  • Animal Study

  Birds fed with 2 × 10^8 CFU/kg E. faecium exhibited increased peripheral blood lymphocyte proliferation in response to concanavalin A (Con A) (P < 0.05) at day 35.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes