Antibiotic alternatives: the substitution of antibiotics in animal husbandry?

G Cheng, H Hao, S Xie, X Wang, M Dai… - Frontiers in …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
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 …

Potential of Bacillus velezensis as a probiotic in animal feed: a review

F Khalid, A Khalid, Y Fu, Q Hu, Y Zheng, S Khan… - Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Bacillus velezensis is a plant growth-promoting bacterium that can also inhibit plant
pathogens. However, based on its properties, it is emerging as a probiotic in animal feed …

Synergistic effects of probiotics and phytobiotics on the intestinal microbiota in young broiler chicken

H Ren, W Vahjen, T Dadi, EM Saliu, FG Boroojeni… - Microorganisms, 2019 - mdpi.com
Probiotics and phytobiotics have been studied as in-feed antibiotic alternatives for decades,
yet there are no studies on their possible symbiotic effects. In the present study, newly …

Alternatives to antibiotics: a symposium on the challenges and solutions for animal production

BS Seal, HS Lillehoj, DM Donovan… - Animal Health Research …, 2013 - cambridge.org
Antibiotics are one of the most important medical discoveries of the 20th century and will
remain an essential tool for treating animal and human diseases in the 21st century …

Effects of different probiotics on laying performance, egg quality, oxidative status, and gut health in laying hens

Q Xiang, C Wang, H Zhang, W Lai, H Wei, J Peng - Animals, 2019 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Resistance has developed against almost all the main classes of
antibiotics, and finding efficient alternatives to these antibiotics is urgently required. Based …

Use of Plant Extracts as an Effective Manner to Control Clostridium perfringens Induced Necrotic Enteritis in Poultry

JM Díaz Carrasco, LM Redondo… - BioMed Research …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Necrotic enteritis (NE) is an important concern in poultry industry since it causes economic
losses, increased mortality, reduction of bird welfare, and contamination of chicken products …

[HTML][HTML] Interaction of tetracycline and copper co-intake in inducing antibiotic resistance genes and potential pathogens in mouse gut

YX Xue, LJ Huang, HY Wang, JJ Peng, MK Jin… - Environment …, 2024 - Elsevier
The widespread use of copper and tetracycline as growth promoters in the breeding industry
poses a potential threat to environmental health. Nevertheless, to the best of our knowledge …

Mitigation of antibiotic resistome in swine manure by black soldier fly larval conversion combined with composting

Z Zhao, C Yu, C Yang, B Gao, N Jiménez… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
The increasing prevalence of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in animal manure has
attracted considerable attention because of their potential contribution to the development of …

Intervention effects of fructooligosaccharide and astragalus polysaccharide, as typical antibiotic alternatives, on antibiotic resistance genes in feces of layer breeding …

Y Hu, J Wei, Y Yuan, H Wei, Y Zhou, N Xiao… - Journal of hazardous …, 2024 - Elsevier
Although antibiotic alternatives are widely used in livestock and poultry breeding industry
after in-feed antibiotics ban, their intervention effects on antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) …

Dietary supplemented antimicrobial peptide microcin J25 improves the growth performance, apparent total tract digestibility, fecal microbiota, and intestinal barrier …

HT Yu, XL Ding, N Li, XY Zhang, XF Zeng… - Journal of animal …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Microcin J25 (MccJ25) is an antimicrobial peptide produced by a fecal strain of
Escherichia coli containing 21 AA. This study was performed primarily to evaluate the effects …