Cargando…
Progress on Gut Health Maintenance and Antibiotic Alternatives in Broiler Chicken Production
The perturbation of gut health is a common yet unresolved problem in broiler chicken production. Antibiotics used as growth promoters have remarkably improved the broiler production industry with high feed conversion efficiency and reduced intestinal problems. However, the misuse of antibiotics has...
Autores principales: | , , , , , |
---|---|
Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
Publicado: |
Frontiers Media S.A.
2021
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8636040/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34869510 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2021.692839 |
_version_ | 1784608451546054656 |
---|---|
author | Zhu, Qidong Sun, Peng Zhang, Bingkun Kong, LingLian Xiao, Chuanpi Song, Zhigang |
author_facet | Zhu, Qidong Sun, Peng Zhang, Bingkun Kong, LingLian Xiao, Chuanpi Song, Zhigang |
author_sort | Zhu, Qidong |
collection | PubMed |
description | The perturbation of gut health is a common yet unresolved problem in broiler chicken production. Antibiotics used as growth promoters have remarkably improved the broiler production industry with high feed conversion efficiency and reduced intestinal problems. However, the misuse of antibiotics has also led to the increase in the development of antibiotic resistance and antibiotic residues in the meat. Many countries have enacted laws prohibiting the use of antibiotics in livestock production because of the increasing concerns from the consumers and the public. Consequently, one of the most significant discussions in the poultry industry is currently antibiotic-free livestock production. However, the biggest challenge in animal husbandry globally is the complete removal of antibiotics. The necessity to venture into antibiotic-free production has led researchers to look for alternatives to antibiotics in broiler chicken production. Many strategies can be used to replace the use of antibiotics in broiler farming. In recent years, many studies have been conducted to identify functional feed additives with similar beneficial effects as antibiotic growth promoters. Attention has been focused on prebiotics, probiotics, organic acids, emulsifiers, enzymes, essential oils, tributyrin, and medium-chain fatty acids. In this review, we focused on recent discoveries on gut health maintenance through the use of these functional feed additives as alternatives to antibiotics in the past 10 years to provide novel insights into the design of antibiotic-free feeds. |
format | Online Article Text |
id | pubmed-8636040 |
institution | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
language | English |
publishDate | 2021 |
publisher | Frontiers Media S.A. |
record_format | MEDLINE/PubMed |
spelling | pubmed-86360402021-12-02 Progress on Gut Health Maintenance and Antibiotic Alternatives in Broiler Chicken Production Zhu, Qidong Sun, Peng Zhang, Bingkun Kong, LingLian Xiao, Chuanpi Song, Zhigang Front Nutr Nutrition The perturbation of gut health is a common yet unresolved problem in broiler chicken production. Antibiotics used as growth promoters have remarkably improved the broiler production industry with high feed conversion efficiency and reduced intestinal problems. However, the misuse of antibiotics has also led to the increase in the development of antibiotic resistance and antibiotic residues in the meat. Many countries have enacted laws prohibiting the use of antibiotics in livestock production because of the increasing concerns from the consumers and the public. Consequently, one of the most significant discussions in the poultry industry is currently antibiotic-free livestock production. However, the biggest challenge in animal husbandry globally is the complete removal of antibiotics. The necessity to venture into antibiotic-free production has led researchers to look for alternatives to antibiotics in broiler chicken production. Many strategies can be used to replace the use of antibiotics in broiler farming. In recent years, many studies have been conducted to identify functional feed additives with similar beneficial effects as antibiotic growth promoters. Attention has been focused on prebiotics, probiotics, organic acids, emulsifiers, enzymes, essential oils, tributyrin, and medium-chain fatty acids. In this review, we focused on recent discoveries on gut health maintenance through the use of these functional feed additives as alternatives to antibiotics in the past 10 years to provide novel insights into the design of antibiotic-free feeds. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-11-17 /pmc/articles/PMC8636040/ /pubmed/34869510 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2021.692839 Text en Copyright © 2021 Zhu, Sun, Zhang, Kong, Xiao and Song. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Nutrition Zhu, Qidong Sun, Peng Zhang, Bingkun Kong, LingLian Xiao, Chuanpi Song, Zhigang Progress on Gut Health Maintenance and Antibiotic Alternatives in Broiler Chicken Production |
title | Progress on Gut Health Maintenance and Antibiotic Alternatives in Broiler Chicken Production |
title_full | Progress on Gut Health Maintenance and Antibiotic Alternatives in Broiler Chicken Production |
title_fullStr | Progress on Gut Health Maintenance and Antibiotic Alternatives in Broiler Chicken Production |
title_full_unstemmed | Progress on Gut Health Maintenance and Antibiotic Alternatives in Broiler Chicken Production |
title_short | Progress on Gut Health Maintenance and Antibiotic Alternatives in Broiler Chicken Production |
title_sort | progress on gut health maintenance and antibiotic alternatives in broiler chicken production |
topic | Nutrition |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8636040/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34869510 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2021.692839 |
work_keys_str_mv | AT zhuqidong progressonguthealthmaintenanceandantibioticalternativesinbroilerchickenproduction AT sunpeng progressonguthealthmaintenanceandantibioticalternativesinbroilerchickenproduction AT zhangbingkun progressonguthealthmaintenanceandantibioticalternativesinbroilerchickenproduction AT konglinglian progressonguthealthmaintenanceandantibioticalternativesinbroilerchickenproduction AT xiaochuanpi progressonguthealthmaintenanceandantibioticalternativesinbroilerchickenproduction AT songzhigang progressonguthealthmaintenanceandantibioticalternativesinbroilerchickenproduction |