Enterococcus faecium Vpro 21 and Reduced E. coli Concentration

• Effects of a probiotic, Enterococcus faecium, on growth performance, intestinal morphology, immune response, and cecal microflora in broiler chickens challenged with Escherichia coli K88.

  • 2013-11
  • RCT · n = 288
  • Poultry Science 92(11)
  • • G. Cao
    • G. Cao
    • X. Zeng
    • A. Chen
    • Lin Zhou
    • Luming Zhang
    • Y. Xiao
    • C. M. Yang
    • C. M. Yang

  • PubMed: 24135599
  • DOI: 10.3382/ps.2013-03366

  8 Insights on

  • Reduced E. coli Concentration

  • Low evidence
  • Highly Cited
  • Rigorous Journal
  • Animal Study

  Birds fed E. faecium had lower (P < 0.05) concentrations of E. coli on d 14 and 28.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Large

  Significant

  Yes