TIn arecenttrial,aimingtostudytheresponseto
Escherichiacoli lipopolysaccharideadministration, Collier
et al.(2011) reportedgreaterADGthanthecontrolinpigs
whose dietwassupplementedwith222g/tofactivedry
yeast, S. cerevisiaeboulardii. Similarly,inthesamespecies,
Le Bonetal.(2010) found thatdietarysupplementationof
S. cerevisiaeboulardii CNCM I-1079strain(2109 CFU/kg
feed) followedby P.acidilactici significantlyimprovedFCR.
On thecontrary, Oso etal.(2013) found poorgrowth
responseinrabbitsfeddietscontainingtheprobioticof
bacterialorigin P.acidilactis or B. cereus, whiletheinclu-
sion oftheprebioticsmannanandarabinoxylansoligosac-
charides showedanimprovedgrowthandgutmorphology
in growingrabbits. Giang etal.(2010) showedthata
mixture oflacticacidbacteriacomplexand Saccharomyces
boulardii improvedoverallliveperformance.