@article {10.3844/ajavsp.2016.108.118,
article_type = {journal},
title = {Effect of a Mushroom (Coriolus versicolor) Based Probiotic on Goat Health},
author = {Ekwemalor, Kingsley and Asiamah, Emmanuel and Adjei-Fremah, Sarah and Worku, Mulumebet},
volume = {11},
number = {3},
year = {2016},
month = {Oct},
pages = {108-118},
doi = {10.3844/ajavsp.2016.108.118},
url = {https://thescipub.com/abstract/ajavsp.2016.108.118},
abstract = {Maintenance of an adequate immune response is essential to goat health. CorPet biomass is a mushroom (Coriolus versicolor) based probiotic used as an immune-stimulant in man, horses and small animals. Fifteen BoerXSpanish goats were used in a crossover design to evaluate the effect of a commercial mushroom based probiotic across two periods on resilience of goats to gastrointestinal parasites in pasture based systems. Following initial screening for infection, goats were assigned to three groups of five (n = 15) individuals. Powdered CorPet was soaked in hot or cold water and sterile filtered. Goats were drenched daily with 10 mL of the hot (treatment I) or cold (treatment II) extract daily for an 8 week period. A control group of five age-matched goats received sterile water (treatment III). Body Weight (BW), Fecal Egg Count (FEC), FAMACHA scores, Packed Cell Volume (PCV) and White Blood Cell Differential counts (WBC) were determined weekly. The concentration of total serum protein, 8 Pro-inflammatory cytokines and Prostaglandin (PGE2) secretion was evaluated using commercial ELISAs for each. Treatment had no effect on BW, FEC, FAMACHA scores, PCV and WBC. Total serum protein concentration (p},
journal = {American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences},
publisher = {Science Publications}
}