TY - JOUR N2 - The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of the newly isolated Lactobacillus plantarum LUHS135 and Lactobacillus paracasei LUHS244 strains grown in potato juice (with a cell count of 8.0-9.0 log10 CFU/ml) on the blood and faeces parameters of exercising horses. The horses were classified into four different groups: a control group (which received no probiotics); the first group (which received 200 ml of L. plantarum culture in potato juice); the second group (which received 200 ml of L. paracasei culture in potato juice); and the third group (which received an L. plantarum and L. paracasei mix (with the mix consisting of 100 ml of each). Indices for the blood and faeces microflora were obtained before and after treatment of horses (on days zero and thirty). It was observed that the count for lactic acid bacteria (LAB) in the faeces was significantly higher on day thirty, whereas it was lower when it came to the total enterobacteria count (TCE). Despite the ambiguous influence of any treatment on blood parameters, the L. plantarum × L. paracasei mixture increased the concentration of HGB and O2 saturation in blood samples which were taken from the horses. L. paracasei significantly decreased the lactate concentration levels in horse blood samples. As a result of the present study, it can clearly be seen that the strains being used revealed their potential application as probiotics; however, further studies are required to prove the survival and action mechanisms of the newly isolated strains. L1 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/113455/PDF/10.pdf L2 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/113455 PY - 2019 IS - No 3 EP - 521 DO - 10.24425/pjvs.2019.129959 KW - horses KW - Lactobacillus plantarum KW - Lactobacillus paracasei KW - blood parameters KW - faeces microbiological parameters A1 - Zavistanaviciute, P. A1 - Poskiene, I. A1 - Lele, V. A1 - Antanaitis, R. A1 - Kantautaite, J. A1 - Bartkiene, E. PB - Polish Academy of Sciences Committee of Veterinary Sciences PB - University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn VL - vol.22 DA - 2019.09.24 T1 - The influence of the newly isolated Lactobacillus plantarum LUHS135 and Lactobacillus paracasei LUHS244 strains on blood and faeces parametersin endurance horses SP - 513 UR - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/113455 T2 - Polish Journal of Veterinary Sciences ER -