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Barbosa,Lima R; Figueiredo-Lima,DF; Givisiez,PEN; Rabello,CBV; Gonzales,E; Silva,JHV. |
The use of probiotics in animal and human feeding has been a subject of increasing interest both for the academia and the industry, mostly due to their potential positive effects on health and profitability. However, the knowledge on the composition of bacterial gastrointestinal communities in humans and animals, as well as its respective nutritional requirements, is far from being elucidated. Due to the ban of the use of antibiotic growth promoters in animal feeds, there has been an increasing interest on the utilization of probiotics to improve animal intestinal health under commercial settings. However, the possibility of horizontal transference of antibiotic-resistant genes between probiotic bacteria and pathogenic species has become a concern of... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Antibiotics; Microbiota; Prebiotics; Probiotics; Phytogenics. |
Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-635X2010000400001 |
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