CONCLUSIONS
It can be concluded from our results that enterocin CCM4231 and sage plant extract were able to
reduce bacterial intestinal counts as well as the counts of Eimeria sp. oocysts in rabbits. The natural
substances showed prolonged immunomodulatory activity.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This work was supported by the Slovak Scientific Agency VEGA (project 2/5139/27). The authors
would like to thank Mrs. M. Bodnárová for her excellent technical assistance. We are grateful to Dr.
Rastislav Jurčík from the Slovak Centre of Agricultural Research in Nitra for his help in blood
sampling. We are also grateful to Dr. Jana Poráčová (Department of Biology, University of Prešov) for
supplying the sage extract.