ArticleFrontiers in veterinary science2021
Supplementation of Diets With Bovine Colostrum Influences Immune and Gut Function in Kittens.
Article in Frontiers in veterinary science, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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- A Review of Probiotic Supplementation and Its Impact on the Health and Well-Being of Domestic Cats.Veterinary sciences · 2025Review
- Complex Probiotics Suppress Inflammation by Regulating Intestinal Metabolites in Kittens.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- Susceptibility of Ferret and Cat to Porcine Deltacoronavirus: Evidence of Infection in Ferrets But Not Cats.Transboundary and emerging diseases · 2025Article
- Effect of compound polysaccharide on immunity, antioxidant capacity, gut microbiota, and serum metabolome in kittens.Frontiers in microbiology · 2025Article
- Effects of Lactoferrin andAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Bovine Colostrum: Human and Animal Health Benefits or Route Transmission of Antibiotic Resistance-One Health Perspective.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Mutual Links between the Endocannabinoidome and the Gut Microbiome, with Special Reference to Companion Animals: A Nutritional Viewpoint.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022Review
- Nutritional and Functional Properties of Colostrum in Puppies and Kittens.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2021Review
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Abstract
In its early life a kitten faces many significant events including separation from its mother, re-homing and vaccination. The kitten is also slowly adapting to their post-weaning diet. Recent advances in companion animal nutrition have indicated that functional ingredients such as colostrum can help support the immune system and gastrointestinal health. Here we report for the first time the effect of feeding a diet containing 0.1% spray dried bovine colostrum (BC) to growing kittens on gut-associated lymphoid (GALT) tissue responses, systemic immune responses, and on intestinal microbiota stability. BC supplementation induced increased faecal IgA expression, and a faster and stronger antibody response to a rabies vaccine booster, indicative of better localised and systemic immune function, respectively. BC supplementation also helped to maintain kittens' intestinal microbiota stability in the face of a mildly challenging life event. These results show that BC supplementation can help strengthen the immune system and enhance the gut microbiota stability of growing kittens.
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