Table 2.

Results of ultrasound studies of the liver and mesenteric fat of mice that received fat-enriched diet and probiotic strains of bacteria

Group of mice	Liver size, mm	Mesenteric fat size, mm
Intact mice	1.17 ± 0.02	0.13 ± 0.02
Mice that received FED	1.56 ± 0.02*	0.18 ± 0.01*
Mice that received FED and L. casei IMV B-7280	1.50 ± 0.02	0.13 ± 0.02#
Mice that received FED and L. delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus ІМV В-7281	1.40 ± 0.02#	0.10 ± 0.02#
Mice that received FED and B. аnimalis VKB	1.30 ± 0.02#	0.08 ± 0.02#
Mice that received FED and B. аnimalis VKL	1.70 ± 0.02	0.09 ± 0.02#
Mice that received FED and B. animalis VKB/B. animalis VKL	1.45 ± 0.02#	0.10 ± 0.02#
Mice that received FED and B. animalis VKL/B. animalis VKB/L. casei IMV B-7280	1.45 ± 0.02#	0.11 ± 0.02#
Mice that received FED and L. casei IMV B-7280/L. delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus ІМV В-7281	1.45 ± 0.02#	0.11 ± 0.02#

Significant differences of intact mice are presented by * (P < 0.05); significant differences of obese mice are presented by # (P < 0.05)