The pig is an omnivorous, monogastric species with many advantages to serve as an animal
model for human diseases. There are very high similarities to humans in anatomy and …

The porcine tonsils are a group of lymphoepithelial tissues located at the common openings
of the gastrointestinal and respiratory tracts. The tonsils participate in a variety of functions …

Lactoferrin (LF) is a multifunctional immune protein found at high concentrations in human
milk. Herein, the effect of dietary bovine LF (bLF) on mucosal and systemic immune …

Summary Sixty‐eight (Experiment 1, 46 days feeding) and sixteen (Experiment 2, 21 days
feeding) 21‐days‐old weaned pigs were allotted to four dietary treatments including control …

A line of White Leghorn chickens was selected for high group productivity and longevity
resulting in improved survival and feather score as well as reduced cannibalism and …

Infant formulas lack the complex mixture of oligosaccharides found in human milk. These
human milk oligosaccharides (HMO) may be pivotal to the development of the neonatal …

ABSTRACT Mycobacterium bovis bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination is efficacious
for newborns or adults with no previous exposure to environmental mycobacteria. To …

Existing knowledge about the development of the porcine immune system was extended by
phenotypic characterization of leukocyte subsets and with assessment of Mannan-Binding …

Several beneficial effects of probiotics have been described in studies using rodent disease
models and in human patients; however, the underlying mechanisms remained mostly …

The characterization of lymphoid subsets isolated from different anatomical sites is of great
importance for understanding the mechanisms and interactions of normal and pathological …