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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2006
Jhy-jhu Lin, Potomac, MD (US);
Jhy-Jhu Lin, Potomac, MD (US);
Imagilin Technologies, LLC, Frederick, MD (US);
Abstract
An exemplary embodiment providing one or more improvements includes feeding animals with probiotic microbes encapsulated in a mixture of xanthan gum and chitosan, or in gelatin, specificallyand. Such encapsulation protects the viability of the probiotic microbes against unfavorable temperatures. An exemplary embodiment providing one or more improvements includes methods of using viable probiotics in therapy of birds and mammals infected with infectious diseases. Probiotics acted as adjuvants in stimulating antibody reaction and stimulated a cellular immunity response. In particular, probiotics were shown to reduce the number of viable oocytes from fecal samples, stimulate antibody production, and stimulate of proliferation of splenocytes in chickens infected with. In addition, probiotics were shown to relieve symptoms of parvovirus infection in dogs.