For the last several decades, antimicrobial compounds have been used to promote piglet
growth at weaning through the prevention of subclinical and clinical disease. There are …

The intestinal microbiome has been the subject of study for many decades because of its
importance in the health and well being of animals. The bacterial components of the …

Background Sub-therapeutic antibiotics are widely used as growth promoters in the poultry
industry; however, the resulting antibiotic resistance threatens public health. A plant-derived …

Background: The vast majority of substances used as alternatives to antibiotics produce
inconsistent results and rarely equal the effectiveness of in-feed antibiotics. Objective: This …

Antimicrobial agents (AMAs) have been used in agriculture since the 1950s as growth-
promoting agents [antimicrobial growth promoters (AGPs)]. They have provided benefits to …

In the past several years, we have witnessed an increased interest in understanding the
structure and function of the indigenous microbiota that inhabits the human body. It is hoped …

Although probiotics and antibiotics have been used for decades as growth promoters in
animals, attention has only recently been drawn to the association between the gut …

Antimicrobial agents, especially antibacterial agents, are used throughout the world, across
a diverse array of extensive and intensive livestock production systems, to protect the health …

Antimicrobials have been used extensively as growth promoters (AGPs) in agricultural
animal production. However, the specific mechanism of action for AGPs has not yet been …

This study was designed to simulate productive and economic losses due to the withdrawal
of antibiotic growth promoters (AGP) from pig diets. Articles that compared diets with AGP …