In vitro and in vivo experiments were conducted to study Enterococcus faecium as a feed additive in dogs. Ileal chyme was collected from one fistulated dog and incubated in vitro under anaerobic conditions in a buffer solution with addition of 0, 105, 106 or 107 cfu E. faecium over 8 h....
Multidrug-resistant Enterococcus faecium caused meningitis spinalis in a dogObjectives: This case report describes the isolation of a multidrug-resistant Enterococcus species from a dog with meningomyelitis. Despite the efforts to treat it, the animal was eventually euthanized due to poor prognosis ...
faecium and E. faecalis is less frequent from livestock than from human feces (Franz et al., 1999). For many years, enterococci were considered harmless to humans and medically unimportant. Because they produce bacteriocins, enterococci have been used widely over recent decades in the food and ...
43 In the cat, it was Enterococcus hirae, which comprised 52% of 121 isolates.43 Preparations that contain E. faecium strain SF68 have been investigated as probiotics in dogs and cats, with mixed results.44-46 Some studies suggest that supplementation of food with this probiotic can stimulate...
faecium. How- ever, many, if not most, strains of these species are harmless commensals, with some enterococci being marketed in Europe to alleviate symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome and recurrent chronic sinusitis or bronchitis (Cylactin® and Fargo688® (E. faecium) and Symbioflor 1 (...
in [3]), and the role of these virulence factors in pathogenicity have been further established in various animal infection models [4–8] and cultured cell lines [9,10]. Reportedly, several of the proposed virulence determinants are enriched among infection-derivedE. faecalisand/orE. faecium...
When 487 samples of food were examined, 20.5 per cent of them was positive for E. coil and 13.7 per cent for Enterococcus. The resultant difference was significant at 1 per cent of a when examined by the X2-test.4. The isolated organisms were classified into Streptococcus faecium (41.0%)...
In vitro effects of the probiotic Enterococcus faecium NCIMB 10415 E1707 (EF) previously have been evaluated using canine cells (e.g., whole blood, intestinal biopsies), but data on invivo efficacy are lacking.Administration of EF to dogs with food-responsive CE will improve clinical outcome ...
Dog or cat+++++ Chicken+++++++++Succession of species from day 1 (faecalis)–day 10 (faciumgroup) to adult (cecorum) Pig+++E. faecalishigher in intestine than feces.E. faeciumhigher in feces than intestine Calf++++ Cow++++S.
faecium (VREfm) in the clinic [13]. Infections caused by non-faecalis non-faecium enterococci (OE) are relatively rare, but the prevalence has been rising over the past few decades. For example, Enterococcus casseliflavus and Enterococcus gallinarum are of particular interest due to their ...