Lactobacillus acidophilus UALa01 and Improved Weight Gain

• Lactobacillus Acidophilus/Bifidobacterium Infantis Probiotics Are Beneficial to Extremely Low Gestational Age Infants Fed Human Milk

  • 2020-03-22
  • Observational · n = 7,516
  • Nutrients 12(3)
  • • Ingmar Fortmann
    • J. Marissen
    • Bastian Siller
    • J. Spiegler
    • Alexander Humberg
    • Kathrin Hanke
    • Kirstin Faust
    • Julia Pagel
    • Leila Eyvazzadeh
    • Kim Brenner
    • C. Roll
    • S. Pirr
    • D. Viemann
    • D. Stavropoulou
    • P. Henneke
    • Birte Tröger
    • Thorsten Körner
    • A. Stein
    • Christoph Derouet
    • M. Zemlin
    • C. Wieg
    • J. Rupp
    • E. Herting
    • W. Göpel
    • C. Härtel

  • PubMed: 32235769
  • DOI: 10.3390/nu12030850

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  • Improved Weight Gain

  • High evidence

  Probiotic use was associated with improved growth measures in the HM group (e.g., weight gain velocity in g/day: effect size B = 0.224; 95% CI: 2.82-4.35; *p* < 0.001)

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Large

  Significant

  Yes

• The effects of Lactobacillus acidophilus as feed supplement on skin mucosal immune parameters, intestinal microbiota, stress resistance and growth performance of black swordtail (Xiphophorus helleri).

  • 2015-02
  • RCT
  • Fish & Shellfish Immunology 42(2)
  • • S. Hoseinifar
    • Z. Roosta
    • A. Hajimoradloo
    • F. Vakili

  • PubMed: 25514375
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2014.12.003

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  • Improved Weight Gain

  • High evidence
  • Highly Cited

  Also, dietary administration of different levels of L. acidophilus improved weight gain, SGR, FCR compared to fish fed unsupplemented diet (P < 0.05).

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Large

  Significant

  Yes