Probiotic microorganismus - an alternative to antibiotic growth promoters | Vpliv probiotikov na spremembe crevesne flore
2006
Holthausen, A., Cuxhaven (Germany). Lohman Animal Health | Hutterer, F.
For considerable time the search for alternatives to sub-therapeutic antibiotics in animal production has become more focussed. It has been clear since many years that the routine use of antibiotic growth promoters is no longer accepted. Consequently, the use of these substances is completely banned in the EU since January 2006. Several different feed additives are promoted to have an effect on production and health. The use of probiotic microorganisms is currently widely proposed as an 'alternative' to antibiotics (ZANI et al., 1988; IBEN and LEIBETSEDER, 1989). However, this position must be viewed with considerable reservations as probiotics and antibiotics exhibit very different modes of action. While antibiotics act directly upon contact within hours, probiotics indirectly induce a shift in the dynamic microbial equilibrium of the intestinal tract within several days. Generally speaking there is no authorised feed additive available today which could effectively replace the antibiotic growth promoters. It can be resumed that influencing the intestinal microbial colonisation and improving gut health have become much more important today.
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