COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS AND PROPIONIBACTERIUM FREUDENREICHII FOR USE IN REDUCING PATHOGEN GROWTH IN RUMINANTS

摘要

The invention includes methods and compositions for treating an animal toinhibit the incidence and growth of E. coli O157:H7 and other pathogenicbacteria. The treatment method comprises administering a therapeuticallyeffective amount of Lactobacillus acidophilus or one or a combination of anumber of other probiotic bacteria to an animal. An alternative treatmentmethod comprises administering a therapeutically effective amount of a lacticacid producing bacterium such as Lactobacillus acidophilus in combination witha lactate utilizing bacterium such as Propionibacterium freudenreichii.