With the increase in regulations regarding the use of antibiotic growth promoters and the rise
in consumer demand for poultry products from 'Raised Without Antibiotics' or 'No Antibiotics …

Post-weaning diarrhea (PWD) is one of the most serious threats for the swine industry
worldwide. It is commonly associated with the proliferation of enterotoxigenic Escherichia …

It is a common practice for decades to use of sub-therapeutic dose of antibiotics in food-
animal feeds to prevent animals from diseases and to improve production performance in …

The importance of probiotics in swine production is widely acknowledged as crucial.
However, gaps still remain in the exact roles played by probiotics in modulation of gut …

In the past two decades, an intensive amount of research has been focused on the
development of alternatives to antibiotics to maintain swine health and performance. The …

The use of lactobacilli as probiotics in swine has been gaining attention due to their ability to
improve growth performance and carcass quality, prevent gastrointestinal infection and most …

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 …

Alternatives to antibiotics are urgently needed in animal agriculture. The form these
alternatives should take presents a complex problem due to the various uses of antibiotics in …

A substantial growth in poultry industry has been observed mainly due to exploitation of
various modern growth promoting strategies and appropriate disease preventive and control …

Fatty acids (FA) play a major role in relation to mucosal immune responses, epithelial barrier
functions, oxidative stress, and inflammatory reactions. The dietary FA composition and the …