R&D Teams
Probiotics: good for dogs, cows and bees
Feeding of probiotic(beneficial microbes) can enhance animal productivity and improve product safety. Ongoing research looks at the actual mode of action, efficacy and application for animal diets (livestock, fish, pets and even wildlife) and whether or not this reflects in better zootechnical performance and health and hence profit for the farmer or animal owner.
Potential of dietary organic acids fed to swine
Lowering dietary pH by weak organic acids was found to overcome these problems. The main activity of organic acids is associated with a reduction in gastric pH converting the inactive pepsinogen to active pepsin for effective protein hydrolysis. Organic acids are both bacteriostatic and bactericidal.
Gut health: Innovative solutions needed
The application of probiotics to improve intestinal health was discussed by Dr. Mick Bayley, a professor of comparative immunology at Bristol University. “Weaning piglets whose immune system is still insufficiently developed can cause hypersensitivity to certain feed antigens which are unknown to them, for instance soy proteins,” said Bayley. The capability of the immune system of the intestinal mucus to take the appropriate “immunity decisions” is an important component of gut health and does not work in newborn or germ-free animals. Different bacterial colonization patterns guide the development of this immune system. This can be manipulated somewhat in very young animals via the diet and the addition of pre- or probiotics. The shift patterns are complex, interactive and influenced by a multitude of factors, such as targeted use of antibiotics to treat specific diseases. We can do targeted nutritional interventions, according to Mick Baylay, to improve health and performance. Trials in pigs showed that a new developed probotic* reduced diarrhoea and high mortality by infection with Salmonella and E. coli.
How to select the right probiotic
Probiotics are on every list of tools to reduce therapeutic antibiotic usage. They have been shown to reduce diarrhoea, even necrotic enteritis. They improve welfare through reduced foot pad lesions and easily replace the effects of antibiotic growth promoters via feed. In layers some have been shown to improve shell quality, while also having a positive effect on FCR. First studies also show a clear effect on reduction of colistin and other therapeutic antibiotics. The big question is which strains can have the desired effect? Especially within the Bacillus subtilis group there is considerable genetic variation, easily explained by the wide ecological niche this species has adapted to.
Effects of using yeast probiotic and yeast fraction on cattle
Although antibiotics remain the preferred method of treatment for BRD, growing concerns regarding antibiotic use in food animal production and the subsequent effect on antibiotic resistance, has promoted other alternative methods to be tested, such as yeast probiotic and purified yeast fraction. The selected trial cattle, consisting of 120 heifers and 120 steers, arrived in separate heifer and steer batches, 1 week apart. The animals were then vaccinated against clostridial diseases, Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis (IBR), Bovine Respiratory Syncytial Virus (BRSV) and Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD) and given an anthelmintic treatment before being randomly assigned to their respective grazing pastures, divided into groups of 15 calves each and spread across 16 pasture blocks. The calves were also assigned on a random basis to either a control group or a supplemented group.
To know more about Bacillus
Despite there being a huge variety of dosage among commercial probiotic spore-formers, comparing them on this basis is not viable. Probiotic properties are strain-specific or strain-dependent, so it’s wrong to assume that the more colony-forming-units (CFUS) ingested, the better the animal’s performance. Rather, it is the responsibility of suppliers to set the optimal inclusion dose for their product, and this should be based on the results of rigorous in vivo studies. In addition, using a multi-strain probiotic does offer advantages as it combines strain specificities and delivers complimentary benefits.
Animal antibiotic sales on the slide over past decade
Antibiotic reduction is a major topic in the livestock sector and the pressure is on to reduce their use. This special section focuses on measures that could be taken to reduce and eventually move away from antibiotic use in the livestock sector.
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A holistic nutritional concept to enhance gut health and performance of young pigs
Based on these results, supplementation with probiotics, bacillus subtilius in diets for weaned pigs can improve gut health, decrease diarrhoea incidences, and improve the performance of weaned pigs similar to the levels achieved with antibiotics. Reducing dietary crude protein may act synergistically with probiotics to further improve gut health, pig performance and reduce nitrogen excretion. Therefore, a holistic approach of combining low CP diets, probiotics and fermentable fibres should be considered as part of an antibiotic growth promoter-free gut health concept towards more sustainable pig production.
Northern reindeer make new probiotics a reality
In the future, a new class of feed probiotics can be created based on these bacteria, the scientists said, adding that the new products could bring great benefits to livestock farmers.
Wood-based feed solutions for piglets’ post-weaning period
It is a misconception that there is just one strategy or feed additive that can be considered to be the only true alternative to high ZnO dosages or AGPs. Many products containing diverse active components such as essential oils, pre- and probiotics, organic acids and others, alone or in combination are recommended. Their use requires as prerequisites general management measures such as hygiene and stress reduction, and dietary adjustments such as a balanced supply of fibre, the use of highly digestible protein sources and the avoidance of protein oversupply.
Protect gut health to reduce pathogen effects
Feed cost accounts for 60-70% of the total cost of poultry production. Feed efficiency is instrumental in ensuring profits and performance. As the use of antibiotics in feed becomes increasingly restricted, producers must start examining other options to optimize production, while ensuring the health of their flocks. Production views have shifted from treatment to prevention, and probiotics are being considered as an important supplement to animal feed. Probiotics work to boost the immune system so birds are less susceptible to effects from harmful pathogens, while also maintaining a healthy gut.
Fibre-rich diets for pigs: Pros and cons
Gut microflora ferments dietary fibre and creates acetic, propionic, and butyric acids along with carbon dioxide, hydrogen, and methane which supply energy, and improve gut health and development in pigs. Furthermore, some components of dietary fibre promote beneficial gut bacterial proliferation, prevent colonisation of opportunist pathogens, and reduce severity of gut infections. For instance, starch fermentation increases bifidobacterial growth, pectin fermentation stimulates lactobacilli proliferation, and insoluble non-starch polysaccharides fermentation enhances cellulolytic Ruminococcus-like bacteria and xylanolytic Clostridium-like bacteria growth.
Application of C. butyricum in the above of sea level culture of Penaeus vannamei
C. butyricum liquid can reduce the incidence of intestinal disease and improve the production performance by improving the intestinal structure and the composition of intestinal microflora, it can reduce disease occurrence and improve production performance.
The effect of C. butyricum on eel intestinal structure
farmers in order to reduce costs, through their own purchasing raw materials with feed, directly hinder the normal growth of eel nutrition demand and product quality. Therefore, it is of great significance to adjust the eel breeding intestinal health and enhance the intestinal function in the actual breeding.