We report the effect of electric current and magnetic field on the transport behavior of the ferromagnet ferroelectric-type composite 0.8(La0.55Ca0.45MnO3)-0.2(BaTiO3). The x-ray and SEM analysis indicated that the two component phases exist independently in the composite, without any sign of a new phase. Compared with pure La0.55Ca0.45MnO3 (LCMO), the magnetic measurements do not show significant changes in the Curie temperature (T-c = 257 K), in the coercivity (H-c = 0.04 T, at 5 K) and in the magnetic moment (m = 3.4 mu(B)/Mn), suggesting the absence of interdiffusion between the LCMO and BaTiO3(BTO) phases. Both the pure LCMO and the composite sample show magnetoresistance effect. A high electroresistance effect was found in the composite in the investigated temperature range, while this effect was absent in the pure LCMO. We demonstrated that the Joule heating of the sample is not responsible for the high decrease in resistivity. It was found that application of a magnetic field causes a decrease in the electroresistance whereas increasing the transport current decreases the magnetoresistance in the composite. This behavior was attributed to interfacial polarization and to the sensitivity of colossal magnetoresistance manganites to strain. A high positive magnetocapacitance was found at low temperatures. The main cause of this behavior seems to be a combined Maxwell-Wagner effect and magnetoresistance. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.