J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr: Bovine lactoferrin supplementation will not disrupt the microbiota development of premature infants receiving probiotics

Recently, researchers assessed whether supplemental bovine lactoferrin (bLf) would undermine the acceptance of prevention probiotic administration intestinal tract less than 31 weeks of gestational age preterm children microbiota development, research results have been published in Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr J

The researchers recruited subjects from the LACUNA trial (ISRCTN66482337) and were randomly assigned to receive daily probiotic supplements or a mixture of probiotics supplemented with 100 mg bLf and milk powder/human milk

The results showed that in the two feeding interventions, the diversity of the infant's microbiota did not increase over time

In summary, the results of this study indicate that bovine lactoferrin supplements have little effect on the microbiota composition/function of premature infants receiving probiotics, and therefore, it is unlikely to disrupt the development of the microbiota

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Kelly Grzywacz, et al.