Efficacy of the probiotic strain Enterococcus faecalis CECT7121 in diarrhoea prevention in newborn foals

RIVULGO M; SPARO M; CECI M; SANCHEZ BRUNI S; HAEUBLIN G

Revista Veterinaria

UNNE Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias

Año: 2016 vol. 27 p. 3 - 6

1668-4834

Rivulgo, V.M.; Ceci, M.; Haeublin, G.; Sparo, M.; Sanchez Bruni, S.: Efficacy of theprobiotic strain Enterococcus faecalis CECT7121 in diarrhea prevention in newborn foals.Rev. vet. 27: 1, 3-6, 2016. The aim of this work was to assess the effectiveness of the probioticstrain Enterococcus faecalis CECT7121 for the prevention of neonatal diarrhea in one to threeday-old foals. Fecal samples from twenty foals divided randomly in experimental and controlgroups were studied. The experimental group (n=10) received E. faecalis CECT7121 (1 x 1010CFU/ml) orally in the first day of life and for a 6 days period. The control group (n=10) receiveddistilled water for the same period. In 4/10 of the foals from the control group diarrheawas observed, conversely diarrhea cases were not observed in any of the foals belonging to theexperimental group. The differences between groups were statistically significant (p