Metabolic and Physiological Impact of Probiotics or Direct-Fed-Microbials on Poultry: A Brief Review of Current Knowledge
By M. Chichlowski, J. Croom, B. McBride, G. B. Havenstein, M. Koci. 2007
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The poultry industry is facing a ban on the use of antibiotic feed additives in many parts of the world. Consequently, there is a growing interest in finding viable alternatives for disease prevention and growth enhancing supplements. The effects of probiotics or direct fed microbials (DFM) on gut health and performance in poultry as well as other species are presented. The interactions between intestinal microbiota, the gut epithelium and the immune system are important in the competitive exclusion process. The mechanisms by which probiotics operate include spatial exclusion, micro-environmental alterations, production of antimicrobial substances and epithelial barrier integrity. The preponderance of research data in this field suggests the likelihood of a small but additive series of beneficial changes from an animal’s exposure to probiotics. Further investigations will be needed to fully characterize the effects and sustained outcomes of probiotic and DFM treatments in poultry.
Subfields: Animal Science and Zoology, Food Science, Molecular Biology
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Citations in the corpus
- Applications of Probiotics in Poultry: Enhancing Immunity and Beneficial Effects on Production Performances and Health - A Review (2011, background): “The exact mechanism of action associated with the beneficial effects of probiotics are still unclear (Chichlowski et al., 2007).”
- Alternatives to antibiotics for maximizing growth performance and feed efficiency in poultry: a review (2017, background): “…and cell survival (through production of cytokines that enhance epithelial cell regeneration and inhibit apoptosis), improving barrier function (modulation of cytoskeletal and epithelial tight junctions), and increasing mucin synthesis (Chichlowski et al. , 2007; Ng et al ., 2009; Brown, 2011).”