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ReviewFrontiers in veterinary science2018

A Review of Prebiotics Against

Andrew C Micciche, Steven L Foley, Hilary O Pavlidis, Donald R McIntyre, Steven C Ricke

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Review in Frontiers in veterinary science, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 54 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

54 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Andrew C MiccicheDepartment of Food Science, Center for Food Safety, University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR, United States.
Steven L FoleyDivision of Microbiology, National Center for Toxicological Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration Jefferson, AR, United States.
Hilary O PavlidisDiamond V Cedar Rapids, IA, United States.
Donald R McIntyreDiamond V Cedar Rapids, IA, United States.
Steven C RickeDepartment of Food Science, Center for Food Safety, University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR, United States.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Prebiotics are typically fermentable feed additives that can directly or indirectly support a healthy intestinal microbiota. Prebiotics have gained increasing attention in the poultry industry as wariness toward antibiotic use has grown in the face of foodborne pathogen drug resistance. Their potential as feed additives to improve growth, promote beneficial gastrointestinal microbiota, and reduce human-associated pathogens, has been well documented. However, their mechanisms remain relatively unknown. Prebiotics increasing short chain fatty acid (SCFA) production in the cecum have long since been considered a potential source for pathogen reduction. It has been previously concluded that prebiotics can improve the safety of poultry products by promoting the overall health and well-being of the bird as well as provide for an intestinal environment that is unfavorable for foodborne pathogens such as

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fructooligosaccharidesgalactooligosaccharidesmannanoligosaccharidesmetabolomicsmicrobiomicspoultryprebioticsSalmonella

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PMID30159318
PMCPMC6104193

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