Table 2.
Commercial probiotic oral supplements that demonstrated specific health benefits in dairy animals.
| Commercial probiotic supplement | Strains/probiotics | Host animal | Recommended dose | Probiotic effect | Reference(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bacterial probiotics (Miyarisan Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.) | L. plantarum 220, Enterococcus faecium 26 and Clostridium butyricum Miyari | Cattle | Daily single dose of 20, 50 and 100 g | Improved rumen pH in cattle with experimentally induced sub-acute rumen acidosis receiving 20 or 50 g probiotic dose | Goto et al., 2016 |
| FASTtrack microbial pack (Conklin) | Saccharomyces cerevisiae and dried fermentation product of E. faecium and Lactobacillus acidophilus; fermentation extract of Aspergillus oryzae and Bacillus subtilis | Lactating cows | Daily 1 oz. administration with water | Impact on expression of immunity and homeostasis related markers | Adjei-Fremah et al. (2018) |
| Huijia′s Clostridium butyricum (Huijia Biotechnology Co. Ltd.) | C. butyricum | Goats | 108 CFU/g in basal diet | Improved rumen environment by decreased oxidation–reduction potential and increased pH | Cai et al., 2021 |
| MultiBio 3PS (BiOWiSH Technologies Inc.) | L. plantarum, Pediococcus acidilactici, P. pentosaceus, B. subtilis | New-born calves | Pallet of 0.12 g/day and 1.2 g/day | High concentration improved calf immunity, serum antioxidative capacity and altered rumen fermentation | Wang et al., 2022 |
| PrimaLac (Star-Labs) | L. acidophilus, L. casei, Bifidobacterium thermophilum and E. faecium | Lactating ewes | 2 g mixed with concentrate feed | Positively affected milk yield and its components | Kafilzadeh et al., 2019 |
| Revive™ (Partnar Animal Health) | P. acidilactici, E. faecium, L. acidophilus, L. casei, Bifidobacterium bifidum | Calves | 4 g bolus of probiotics daily for 4 consecutive days | Reduced the duration of diarrhoea at small magnitude but did not show effect on the growth of calves | Renaud et al., 2019 |