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About 20 years ago, the use of feed antibiotics and some other antimicrobial compounds, used as performance enhancers became the target of increasing public criticism and a topic of political controversy (particularly in the EU countries). As the first country in Europe, Sweden banned the use of antimicrobial growth promoters as early as 1986. The use of avoparcin as a growth promoter was banned...
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This study was conducted to assess the effects of different short-term water-soluble probiotic application methods (PAM), by a probiotic containing Enterococcus faecium, to reduce probiotic application cost with 2 types of diet (TOD) on performance, carcass characteristics, serum lipids, jejunal histomorphology, cecal microflora population and immune responses in broiler chickens. Five hundred sixty day-old male Ross 308 chicks were randomly distributed in a...
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1 Department of Poultry Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, USA; 2 Vetanco Argentina S.A. Chile 33 (B1603CMA) Vicente López, Buenos Aires, Argentina; 3 Departamento de Medicina y Zootecnia de Aves, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México City, México; 4 Pacific Vet Group-USA, Inc., Creek...
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At a time when sustainability and antibiotic reduction are major concerns for the international animal production sector, Probiotics have never been such a topical issue. Willing t o stimulate and promote probiotic research, the European Probiotic Association (EPA) is preparing to nominate the 2014 Jules Tournut Probiotics Prize Winner, who will be announced during EUROTIER in Hannover, on November 12 th , 2014. Members of the...
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Abstract: The present study was carried out to evaluate the effects of dietary supplementation of a commercial probiotic "Biogen ® " on growth performance, carcass composition, blood hematological and biochemical parameters, histometric examination of fish dorsal muscles and economic efficiency of mono-sex Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus under different stocking densities. Therefore, fish with similar body weight (12.71...
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INTRODUCTION The research of probiotics for aquatic animals is increasing with the demand for environment friendly aquaculture. The probiotics were defined as live microbial feed supplements that biocontrol and antagonist pathogens. The most promising prospects are sketched out, but considerable efforts of research will be necessary to develop the applications to aquaculture ( Castillo, 2008 )....
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1. Introduction The poultry industry has become an important economic activity in many countries. In large-scale rearing facilities, where poultry are exposed to stressful conditions, problems related to diseases and deterioration of environmental conditions often occur and result in serious economic losses. Prevention and control of diseases have led during recent decades to a substantial increase in the use of veterinary medicines. However, the...
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INTRODUCTION Probiotics (specific microbial feeds with potential benefits to the host), and prebiotics (dietary components such as complex carbohydrates able to change the colonic microenvironment fostering colonization with non-enteropathogens) are areas of current interest because they offer alternatives for the management of the growing problem of multiple antibiotic resistance and overwhelming...
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INTRODUCTION The first probiotics tested in fish were commercial preparations devised for land animals. Though some effects were observed with such preparations, the survival of these bacteria was uncertain in aquatic environment. Most attempts to propose probiotics have been undertaken by isolating and selecting strains from aquatic environment. These microbes were Vibrionaceae , pseudomonads,...
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INTRODUCTION Antibiotics have been used for many years as growth promoting agents in addition to their antipathogenic bacterial function which reduce growth and feed conversion. These growth promoters were linked to emergence of multiple drug resistant bacteria and antibiotic residues in animal products (Wary and Davies, 2000). Therefore, using natural feed additives to substitute antibiotics has...
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Among the seven spiny lobster species found in the waters off Vietnam, Panulirus ornatus, P. homarus and P. polyphagus have been selected for farming because of demand, high prices and abundance of wild seeds. Currently, lobster production has extended to five central provinces Binh Dinh, Phu Yen, Khanh Hoa, Ninh Thuan and Binh Thuan. The waters off these provinces are characterised by year round water currents of 2-4 cm/s, water depth of 9-20...
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Introduction The amino acid glutamine (Gln) is traditionally considered as a non-essential amino acid. However, several researches has shown that Gln may be a conditionally essential amino acid in maintaining gut integrity and reducing inflammation [1-5]. Glutamine-enriched diets have been linked with favorable intestinal effects including maintenance of gut barrier function and enterocyte differentiation [6]. Glutamine has also been the focus of...
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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The most dangerous organisms that attack animal health and compromise food safety are microscopic — tiny bacteria with big names like Salmonella typhimurium and Escherichia coli. Scientists at the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture have taken the battle to the enemy by enlisting beneficial microorganisms that fight off the pathogens on their own turf.
As early as 1989,...
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INTRODUCTION Potential strategies that could be incorporated with the current management practices include the use of probiotics ( Poole et al. , 2007 ). However, specific attention is also given to modern approaches for improving or stabilizing the intestinal system and its functioning by the deliberate application of viable microbial culture, so-called "probiotics", selected for special functional...
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On November 13 th 2012, at EUROTIER tradeshow, The European Probiotic Association (EPA) awarded the Jules Tournut Probiotics Prize 2012 to Peter de Schryver, from Ghent University, for his innovative research project on the use of microbial products and microorganisms in animal nutrition. The Prize was awarded in presence of members of the EPA, FEFANA, representative of the EPA Scientific Committee and journalists. Altogether, the...
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INTRODUCTION Prebiotics are products containing carbohydrates, which main component is mannose. These products are commonly use to reduce the colonization of the intestinal tract by enteropathogenic bacteria. Probiotics are mainly represented by mannanoligosaccharides (MOS) and fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS), present in the cell wall of yeasts, such as Saccharomyces cerevisiae. They exert their action by maintaining or reestablishing the conditions...
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The biggest challenge of commercial poultry production is the availability of good quality feed on sustainable basis at stable prices. In spite of this challenge, commercial poultry production ranks among the highest source of animal protein (Iyayi, 2008). The increase in the size of the poultry industry has been faster than other food-producing animal industries. The trade volume of poultry products has also increased...
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FEFANA and EPA established a cooperation agreement to collaborate for the promotion of probiotics for animal nutrition. The two associations have recently joined their forces with the aim to generate, develop and share their know-how and information on probiotics with feed chain stakeholders. EPA has been created to specifically support the generic promotion of probiotics in feed. Through several initiatives they inform and update the scientific...
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Introduction While commercial applications of probiotics are still at an early stage in Europe, it is yet a practical and commercial reality in many Aquaculture countries in Asia and South/central America. The use of probiotics in aquaculture has been originally developed with the aim to achieve a better management of disease and is now increasingly implemented on farms as part of farmer´s "Best Management Practices", particularly in semi...
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Introduction
Poultry production has increased considerably in the last decade. This increase has also raised concerns about food safety and, consequently, there have been increasingly rigid laws on the production of these foods from the farm to the industry, in order to control pathogens with zoonotic features such as Salmonella. This bacterium is responsible for food-borne infections in...
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