ReviewAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2022
Use of Microorganisms as Nutritional and Functional Feedstuffs for Nursery Pigs and Broilers.
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- Antibiotics and Opportunities of Their Alternatives in Pig Production: Mechanisms Through Modulating Intestinal Microbiota on Intestinal Health and Growth.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Impacts of Bacillus-based biotics and an enzyme cocktail on growth performance, immunity, and gut pathogenic microorganisms of nursery pigs under commercial conditions.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025Article
- Saccharomyces yeast postbiotics mitigate mucosal damages from F18Animal microbiome · 2024Article
- Effects of dietary Lactobacillus postbiotics and bacitracin on the modulation of mucosa-associated microbiota and pattern recognition receptors affecting immunocompetence of jejunal mucosa in pigs challenged with enterotoxigenic F18Journal of animal science and biotechnology · 2024Article
- From yeast screening for suitability as single cell protein to fed-batch cultures.Biotechnology letters · 2024Article
- Saccharomyces yeast postbiotics supplemented in feeds for sows and growing pigs for its impact on growth performance of offspring and growing pigs in commercial farm environments.Animal bioscience · 2024Article
- Dietary Spirulina effects in Eimeria-challenged broiler chickens: growth performance, nutrient digestibility, intestinal morphology, serum biomarkers, and gene expression.Journal of animal science · 2024Article
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- Intestinal Damages by F18Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Efficacy of β-Glucan From Microalgae on the Intestinal Health and Growth of Nursery Pigs.Animal science journal = Nihon chikusan GakkaihoArticle
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Abstract
The objectives of this review paper are to introduce the structures and composition of various microorganisms, to show some applications of single cells as alternative protein supplements or energy feeds in swine and poultry diets, and to discuss the functional effects of microorganisms as feed additives on the growth performance and intestinal health of nursery pigs and broilers. Microorganisms, including bacteria, yeasts, and microalgae, have been commonly supplemented in animal diets because they are cost-effective, stable, and have quantitative production that provides nutritional and functional benefits to pigs and broilers. Microorganisms could be alternative antibiotics to enhance intestinal health due to bioactive components from cell wall components, which interact with receptors on epithelial and immune cells. In addition, bioactive components could be digested by intestinal microbiota to produce short-chain fatty acids and enhance energy utilization. Otherwise, microorganisms such as single-cell protein (SCP) and single-cell oils (SCOs) are sustainable and economic choices to replace conventional protein supplements and energy feeds. Supplementing microorganisms as feedstuffs and feed additives improved the average daily gain by 1.83%, the daily feed intake by 0.24%, and the feed efficiency by 1.46% in pigs and broilers. Based on the properties of each microorganism, traditional protein supplements, energy feeds, and functional feed additives could be replaced by microorganisms, which have shown benefits to animal's growth and health. Therefore, specific microorganisms could be promising alternatives as nutritional and functional feedstuffs in animal diets.
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