METHOD AND COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTING OR ALLEVIATING SYMPTOMS OF MALABSORPTION

摘要

One aspect of the present invention relates to a method of preventing or alleviating symptoms of malabsorption in a monogastric mammal which malabsorption is caused by impaired intestinal digestion, said method comprising the enteral administration to said mammal of an effective amount of one or more strains of the genus Propionibacterium and/or a prebiotic that stimulates gastrointestinal activity of Propionibacterium. Another aspect of the invention relates to a dietary supplement comprising at least 106 metabolically active cells of the genus Propionibacterium; at least 0.5 g of a prebiotic and/or at least 106 metabolically active homofermentative cells of the genus Lactobacillus and/or at least 106 metabolically active cells of the genus Bifidobacterium; and a nutritionally acceptable carrier.