What is it about?
Many studies shown that probiotics improved animal health and productivity. Although the modes of action of probiotics have not been demonstrated, it is possibly associate with gut microbiota. In this study we have shown what interaction between probiotics Enterococcus faecium EF1 and piglets' gut microbiota, as well as piglets' health and body weight gain.
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Why is it important?
The results suggest there was a link between probiotics and gut microbiota, which contribute to animal health and growth. It may help to get a better understand of the action of probiotics.
Perspectives
It indicates the important role of gut microbes in probiotics action and point a new direction for further study.
Yi Huang
Guangxi University
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This page is a summary of: Intestinal microbiota and oral administration of Enterococcus faecium associated with the growth performance of new-born piglets, Beneficial Microbes, September 2016, Wageningen Academic Publishers,
DOI: 10.3920/bm2015.0099.
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