ReviewVeterinary world2021
The use of probiotics in animal feeding for safe production and as potential alternatives to antibiotics.
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53 citing papers in PubMed, 127 citations in OpenAlex.
- The Effect of Multi-Strain Probiotics, Zinc and Copper on the Performance of Broiler Chickens Challenged With Clostridium perfringens.Veterinary medicine and science · 2026Article
- Effects ofAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Article
- Dietary yeast-derived nucleotides enhance reproductive efficiency, blood metabolic profile, antioxidant status, and immune function in rabbit does.Veterinary research communications · 2026Article
- Antibiotic Resistance and Pathogenicity of Vibrio Species in Aquaculture: Implications for Fish Health and Food Safety in LMICs.Veterinary medicine and science · 2026Review
- Probiotic Potential ofFoods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Isolation, molecular identification, and probiotic potential ofVeterinary world · 2026Article
- Cervico-vaginal microbiota and antimicrobial resistance patterns in relation to different reproductive statuses in cattle: a field study from Nepal.Frontiers in microbiomes · 2026Article
- In-vitro evaluation of probiotic potential of gut microbes isolated from retail chicken.PloS one · 2026Article
- Microbiota and their functional profiling across the life cycle of the blow fly Hemipyrellia ligurriens.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Probiotics, Prebiotics, and Synbiotics in Pigs and Poultry: A Review of Gut Health, Performance, and Environmental Outcomes.Veterinary sciences · 2025Review
- Performance of Pantaneira Breed Cows on Pasture Supplemented with Homeopathic Additives and Yeast.Homeopathy : the journal of the Faculty of Homeopathy · 2025Article
- Supplementation effects of feed additive containing eggshell,Journal of animal science and technology · 2025Article
- Lactic acid bacteria viability and interactions in recirculating aquaculture systems for fish farming.Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology] · 2025Article
- Assessing the Antibiotic Resistance in Food Lactic Acid Bacteria: Risks in the Era of Widespread Probiotic Use.Food science & nutrition · 2025Review
- Antimicrobial activity of lactic acid bacteria isolated from the gut of African catfish (Clarias gariepinus) against multi-drug-resistant resident pathogens.BMC microbiology · 2025Article
- The Role of Livestock Antibiotic Use in Microbiota Dysbiosis and Neuroinflammation.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Prebiotics in animal nutrition: Harnessing agro-industrial waste for improved gut health and performance.Animal nutrition (Zhongguo xu mu shou yi xue hui) · 2025Review
- Exploring the Potential of Novel Animal-Origin Probiotics as Key Players in One Health: Opportunities and Challenges.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Bacillus aryabhattai CKNJh11 as a promising probiotic improves growth performance and egg quality in laying hens.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Supplementation of a Basal Goat Diet With Incremental Doses of Canola Essential Oil Modulates In Vitro Rumen Fermentation and Microbial Diversity.Veterinary medicine and science · 2025Article
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Abstract
Although the production of safe food for human consumption is the primary purpose for animal rearing, the environment and well-being of the animals must also be taken into consideration. Based on microbiological point of view, the production of healthy food from animals involves considering foodborne pathogens, on the one hand and on the other hand, the methods used to fight against germs during breeding. The conventional method to control or prevent bacterial infections in farming is the use antibiotics. However, the banning of these compounds as growth promoters caused many changes in animal breeding and their use has since been limited to the treatment and prevention of bacterial infections. In this function, their importance no longer needs to be demonstrated, but unfortunately, their excessive and abusive use have led to a double problem which can have harmful consequences on consumer health: Resistance to antibiotics and the presence of antibiotic residues in food. The use of probiotics appears to be a suitable alternative to overcome these problems because of their ability to modulate the immune system and intestinal microflora, and further considering their antagonistic role against certain pathogenic bacteria and their ability to play the role of growth factor (sometimes associated with prebiotics) when used as feed additives. This review aims to highlight some of the negative effects of the use of antibiotics in animal rearing as well as emphasize the current knowledge on the use of probiotics as a feed additive, their influence on animal production and their potential utility as an alternative to conventional antibiotics, particularly in poultry, pig, and fish farming.
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