Enterococcus faecium NCIMB 10415 modulates epithelial integrity, heat shock protein, and proinflammatory cytokine response in intestinal cells.

Probiotics have shown positive effects on gastrointestinal diseases; they have barrier-modulating effects and change the inflammatory response towards pathogens in studies in vitro. The aim of this investigation has been to examine the response of intestinal epithelial cells to Enterococcus faecium NCIMB 10415 (E. faecium), a probiotic positively affecting diarrhea incidence in piglets, and two pathogenic Escherichia coli (E.

Analysis of in vitro and in vivo effects of probiotics against Campylobacter spp.

Campylobacter (C.) spp. are well recognised as the leading cause of bacterial food-borne diarrheal disease worldwide, with C.

Inhibitory effect of high-dosage zinc oxide dietary supplementation on Campylobacter coli excretion in weaned piglets.

Aims: This study investigated the impact of zinc oxide (ZnO) on Campylobacter coli by in vivo and in vitro assays.

Methods And Results: By in vitro growth inhibition assays, a high susceptibility of Camp. coli against ZnO could be observed.

Experimental infection of weaned piglets with Campylobacter coli--excretion and translocation in a pig colonisation trial.

Campylobacter (C.) is one of the most common food-borne pathogen causing bacterial enteric infections in humans. Consumption of meat and meat products that have been contaminated with Campylobacter are the major source of infection.