More livestock producers are seeking natural alternatives to antibiotics and antimicrobials,
and searching for supplements to enhance growth performance, and general animal health …

An increase in the number of antibiotic resistance genes burdens the environment and
affects human health. Additionally, people have developed a cautious attitude toward …

Polysaccharides are the major components of the yeast cell wall and play multiple functions,
ranging from the carriers of immunochemical specificity and marker molecules, by which …

The low feed intake immediately after weaning is responsible for villous atrophy and
reduced growth rate in newly-weaned pigs. Overcoming this drawback will produce …

The role of intestinal microflora in digestive and metabolic processes has received
increasing attention from researchers and clinicians. Both enterocytes and small intestine …

An experiment was conducted to determine the effects of yeast culture (YC) and modified
yeast culture [YC+ cell wall product (CWP) containing mannan oligosaccharides] in pig diets …

Weaning is one of the most stressful challenges in the pig's life, which contributes to
dysfunctions of intestinal and immune system, disrupts the gut microbial ecosystem, and …

With a long history of inclusion within livestock feeding programs, yeast and their respective
derivatives are well-understood from a nutritional perspective. Originally used as sources of …

This study investigated whether the inclusion of a stimbiotic (STB) can improve performance,
influence intestinal microbiota and fermentation activity, and reduce pro-inflammatory …

Animal ecology and evolution have long been known to shape host physiology, but more
recently, the gut microbiome has been identified as a mediator between animal ecology and …