Parasites, Probiotics, and Piglets: A Novel Approach to IBD.

The author discusses on a research study where AvCys potent immunomodulator from Acanthocheilonem viteae was cloned into Escherichia coli Nissle 1917 (EcN). She mentions that the study will be of interest to the pig industry in which post-weaning syndrome can cause serious welfare and economic issues. She states that additional work is needed to affirm the immunological mechanisms underlying pathology mitigation in animals fed the transgenic probiotic.