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SUBMITTER: Kreuzer S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3431279 | biostudies-other | 2012
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Veterinary research 20120727
Effects of probiotic bacteria on viral infections have been described previously. Here, two groups of sows and their piglets were fed with or without feed supplementation of the probiotic bacterium Enterococcus faecium NCIMB 10415. Shedding of enteric viruses naturally occurring in these pigs was analyzed by quantitative real-time RT-PCR. No differences between the groups were recorded for hepatitis E virus, encephalomyocarditis virus and norovirus. In contrast, astrovirus was exclusively detect ...[more]