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<p>Since January 2006 when using antibiotics as growth promoters in animal feed has been banned scientists are looking for the best resolution to apply alternative substances. Extensive research into the health-promoting properties of probiotics and prebiotics has led to significant interest in the mechanisms of action of the combined administration of these feed additives as a synbiotic. Subsequent research has led to the development of new products. Among the most important health benefits of additives are: inhibiting the growth of pathogenic bacteria in the GI tract, maintenance of homeostasis, treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases, and increase in immunity. Specific immunomodulatory mechanisms of action are not well understood and the effect is not always positive, though there are no reports of adverse effects of these substances found in the literature. For this reason, research is still being conducted on their proper application. However, due to the difficulties of carrying out research on humans, evidence of the beneficial effect of these additives comes mainly from experiments on animals. The objective of the present work was to assess the effect of probiotics, prebiotics, and synbiotics, as well as new additives including postbiotics, proteobiotics, nutribiotics, and pharmabiotics, on specific immunomodulatory mechanisms of action, increase in immunity, the reduction of a broad spectrum of diseases.</p>
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Since January 2006 when using antibiotics as growth promoters in animal feed has been banned scientists are looking for the best resolution to apply alternative substances. Extensive research into the health-promoting properties of probiotics and prebiotics has led to significant interest in the mechanisms of action of the combined administration of these feed additives as a synbiotic. Subsequent research has led to the development of new products. Among the most important health benefits of additives are: inhibiting the growth of pathogenic bacteria in the GI tract, maintenance of homeostasis, treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases, and increase in immunity. Specific immunomodulatory mechanisms of action are not well understood and the effect is not always positive, though there are no reports of adverse effects of these substances found in the literature. For this reason, research is still being conducted on their proper application. However, due to the difficulties of carrying out research on humans, evidence of the beneficial effect of these additives comes mainly from experiments on animals. The objective of the present work was to assess the effect of probiotics, prebiotics, and synbiotics, as well as new additives including postbiotics, proteobiotics, nutribiotics, and pharmabiotics, on specific immunomodulatory mechanisms of action, increase in immunity, the reduction of a broad spectrum of diseases.

Feed Additives of Bacterial Origin as an Immunoprotective or Immunostimulating Factor – A Review

Department of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science

Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences

Division of Immunology and Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Department of Immunology, Pathophysiology and Veterinary Prevention

Annals of Animal Science

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Since January 2006 when using antibiotics as growth promoters in animal feed has been banned scientists are looking for the best resolution to apply...

Feed Additives of Bacterial Origin as an Immunoprotective or Immunostimulating Factor – A Review

Published Online: Nov 13, 2023

Page range: 1009 - 1020

Received: Aug 16, 2022

Accepted: Feb 13, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aoas-2023-0021

Keywords
probiotic, prebiotic, synbiotic, postbiotic, proteobiotic, nutribiotics, pharmabiotics

© 2023 Anna Szuba-Trznadel et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Feed Additives of Bacterial Origin as an Immunoprotective or Immunostimulating Factor – A Review

Published Online: Nov 13, 2023

Page range: 1009 - 1020

Received: Aug 16, 2022

Accepted: Feb 13, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aoas-2023-0021

Keywordsprobiotic, prebiotic, synbiotic, postbiotic, proteobiotic, nutribiotics, pharmabiotics

© 2023 Anna Szuba-Trznadel et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
probiotic, prebiotic, synbiotic, postbiotic, proteobiotic, nutribiotics, pharmabiotics