Prebiotic and probiotic agents enhance antibody-based immune responses to Salmonella Typhimurium infection in pigs

Salmonellosis causes significant economic losses to the pig industry and contaminated pork products are an important source of Salmonella for humans. The EU ban on the use of antibiotic growth promoters in pig production, and the emergence of antibiotic resistance has meant there is a pressing need...

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Main Authors: Naqid, Ibrahim A., Owen, Jonathan P., Maddison, Ben C., Gardner, David S., Foster, Neil, Tchorzewska, Monika, La Ragione, Roberto M., Gough, Kevin C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015
Online Access:http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/30246/
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http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/30246/1/Prebiotic%20and%20probiotic%20agents%20enhance%20antibody-based%20immune%20responses%20to%20Salmonella%20Typhimurium%20infection%20in%20pigs_Naqid_etal.pdf