INTAS POLIVET
Open Access
  • Year: 2020
  • Volume: 21
  • Issue: 2

Postbiotics for animal health and performance

  • Author:
  • R.K. Sharma1,*, Komal Chauhan2, A.K. Pathak3, Nazam Khan4
  • Total Page Count: 7
  • Page Number: 288 to 294

1Professor/Head Division of Animal Nutrition, Faculty of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology-J (SKUAST-J)R.S. Pura, Jammu - 181102 (Jammu and Kashmir)

2Post Graduate Scholar Division of Animal Nutrition, Faculty of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology-J (SKUAST-J)R.S. Pura, Jammu - 181102 (Jammu and Kashmir)

3Assistant Professor Division of Animal Nutrition, Faculty of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology-J (SKUAST-J)R.S. Pura, Jammu - 181102 (Jammu and Kashmir)

4Assistant Professor, Department of ILFC, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology-J (SKUAST-J)R.S. Pura, Jammu - 181102 (Jammu and Kashmir)

Division of Animal Nutrition, Faculty of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology-J (SKUAST-J)R.S. Pura, Jammu - 181102 (Jammu and Kashmir)

*Corresponding author. E-mail: rksann@rediffmail.com

Online Published on 20 April, 2022.

Abstract

The rise of drug resistance in microbial populations has led researches to find new natural alternatives that can be used safely in both humans and animals. Probiotics, prebiotics and synbiotics have been used for several years as growth promoters and as preventive measures against several pathogens with advantageous results in livestock. Of late, postbiotics which are derivatives of probiotic cultures, have been used in humans, animals and poultry. Postbiotics have been classified as promising alternatives to antimicrobials due to their multiple benefits on livestock health and performance. They are regarded as immune-stimulators, anti- inflammatory, anti-oxidants and ant-microbial, as well as growth promoters. Robust and long term studies are required in this area of research.

Keywords

Animal health, Performance, Polyphenol, Postbiotic, Probiotic