A pioneer postbiotic to maintain gut health in pigs

02-01-2023 | Specials | Article

Giving the postbiotic in the diet from weaning reduced the intensity and duration of diarrhoea when pigs were subsequently challenged with F4+.

The gut microbiome strongly impacts overall health. Modulation of its composition and function is an emerging concept for consumers, animal producers, and regulators. Postbiotics are among the latest modulators of digestive health. Part of the Gut Health 2022 Special Live microorganisms have been used for many years now as food and feed additives to address gut health (‘probiotics’), however, it is becoming increasingly clear that non-living microorganisms, their components, or their meta