Probiotics might be one of the solutions to reduce the effects of the recent ban on antimicrobial growth Promoters (AGPS) in feed. However, the mode of action of Probiotics is still not fully understood and evaluating Probiotics in an objective ...

Under current husbandry conditions, veal calves are often affected by diarrhoea and respiratory diseases. this becomes particularly problematic when these animals are exposed to stress and change of diet during the first two weeks of life. Resea...

With the current regulatory issues associated with antibiotic growth promoters, the number of studies examining alternatives is increasing. Two areas that are receiving a great deal of interest are probiotics and functional carbohydrates.

The field of probiotics has emerged as a new science with applications in farming and aquaculture as alternatives to antibiotics. Among the large number of probiotic products in use today are bacterial spore formers, mostly of the genus bacillus...