Aly Rashad ABDEL-MOEMIN, Elham Mohamed MAHAMOUD, Eman Mokbel GHALAB, Manal Kamal ABDEL-RAHMAN
pp. 30-37

The aim of this study was to compare the potential effect of rat consumption of different dairy products such as buffalo colostrum (BC), full fat yoghurt (FFY), fermented milk (FM), fermented milk supplemented with probiotics (FMSP), and whole milk (WM) on diff erent parameters; immunological, histological, bacteriological and biochemical in an animal model. Rats were fed at 10% of diff erent dairy products in their diets. The rats which were fed on buff alo colostrum diets showed higher levels of serum immunoglobulin, an improvement of liver functions, and histology of colon and liver tissues and lower percentage of body weight gain compared with other diet groups. Meanwhile the fermented milk diet showed the least improvement compared to the control group.

Key words: colostrum, dairy products, rats, histology, liver functions, immunology, intestinal microflora