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. 2016 Jun 30;82(14):4429–4440. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00695-16

TABLE 2.

Animal experimental protocol

Group (no. of mice) Treatmenta
Control (10) SM + PW
Cd only (10) SM + Cd
Cd + 8610 (10) SM + CCFM8610 + Cd
Cd + 11 (10) SM + CCFM11 + Cd
Cd + 8614 (10) SM + CCFM8614 + Cd
a

SM, 0.5 ml of skim milk once daily via gavage; PW, plain water for drinking; Cd, CdCl2 at 100 mg/liter in drinking water; SM + CCFM8610 (or CCFM8611 or CCFM8614), 1 × 109 CFU L. plantarum CCFM8610 (or CCFM8611 or CCFM8614) in 0.5 ml of skim milk once daily via gavage. The treatments lasted 8 weeks.