PROBIOTICS

Introduction

Even though the new feed regulation 1831/2003 makes it more difficult for companies to put their products on the market, the probiotic business is growing rapidly.

The reported benefits of feeding live organisms include decreased occurrence and duration of diarrhoea, immunostimulation, pathogen resistance and maintenance of mucosal integrity.

How probiotics are able to exert so many positive effects is still not fully understood and may be a combination of many factors where the most widely accepted mode of action is that of competitive exclusion.

While the benefits of probiotics are generally accepted, there are still many questions concerning their mechanisms. This has always been a difficult topic of research because of the huge of variability of the different trials, not only concerning the subject animals and their environment, but also involving different preparations of the probiotics themselves.

Available articles:

• What is a probiotic?›
• Probiotics get more structure›
• The secret life of a Bacillus probiotic›

Topics covered in All About Probiotic:

- Application in poultry diets ››
- Application in pig diets ››
- Probiotics in aquaculture ››
- Application in cow diets ››
- Live yeast products ››
- Synbiotics ››
- Techniques ››
- External links ››

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