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ReviewAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2022

Probiotics: Symbiotic Relationship with the Animal Host.

Elvia Guadalupe Melara, Mavir Carolina Avellaneda, Manuel Valdivié, Yaneisy García-Hernández, Roisbel Aroche, Yordan Martínez

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In one paragraph

Review in Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
26citing papers in PubMed
6.4field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed, 50 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. Microorganisms · 2025
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  11. CompoundAnimal nutrition (Zhongguo xu mu shou yi xue hui) · 2024
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  12. Consortium ofAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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  20. Microorganisms · 2023
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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

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Elvia Guadalupe MelaraMaster Program in Sustainable Tropical Agriculture, Graduate Department, Zamorano University, P.O. Box 93, Valle de Yeguare, San Antonio de Oriente 11101, Honduras.
Mavir Carolina AvellanedaPlant Pathology, Diagnosis and Molecular Research Lab, Agricultural Sciences and Production Department, Zamorano University, P.O. Box 93, San Antonio de Oriente 11101, Honduras.ORCID 0000-0001-9759-1078
Manuel ValdiviéNational Center for Laboratory Animal Production, P.O. Box 6240, Santiago de las Vegas, Rancho Boyeros, Havana 10900, Cuba.ORCID 0000-0002-2337-2128
Yaneisy García-HernándezDepartamento de Animales Monogástricos, Instituto de Ciencia Animal, Carretera Central km 47 ½, San José de las Lajas 32700, Cuba.ORCID 0000-0002-7055-4880
Roisbel ArocheDepartment of Animal Husbandry, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Granma, Bayamo 85100, Cuba.
Yordan MartínezPoultry Research and Teaching Center, Agricultural Science and Production Department, Zamorano University, P.O. Box 93, Valle de Yeguare, San Antonio de Oriente 11101, Honduras.ORCID 0000-0003-2167-4904
Zamorano Pan-American Agricultural School · HNUniversity of Granma · CU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Antibiotic growth-promoters in animal feeding are known to generate bacterial resistance on commercial farms and have proven deleterious effects on human health. This review addresses the effects of probiotics and their symbiotic relationship with the animal host as a viable alternative for producing healthy meat, eggs, and milk at present and in the future. Probiotics can tolerate the conditions of the gastrointestinal tract, such as the gastric acid, pH and bile salts, to exert beneficial effects on the host. They (probiotics) may also have a beneficial effect on productivity, health and wellbeing in different parameters of animal performance. Probiotics stimulate the native microbiota (microbes that are present in their place of origin) and production of short-chain fatty acids, with proven effects such as antimicrobial, hypocholesterolemic and immunomodulatory effects, resulting in better intestinal health, nutrient absorption capacity and productive responses in ruminant and non-ruminant animals. These beneficial effects of probiotics are specific to each microbial strain; therefore, the isolation and identification of beneficial microorganisms, as well as in vitro and in vivo testing in different categories of farm animals, will guarantee their efficacy, replicability and sustainability in the current production systems.

Indexed as

animal hostanimal productionbeneficial microorganismgut health

Identifiers

PMID35327116
PMCPMC8944810
OpenAlexW4220794028

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Registered trials

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