The Role of Probiotics, Prebiotics, Synbiotics, and Postbiotics in Livestock and Poultry Gut Health: A Review.

IF 3.4 3区生物学 Q2 BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Metabolites Pub Date : 2025-07-15 DOI:10.3390/metabo15070478

Taojing Yue, Yanan Lu, Wenli Ding, Bowen Xu, Cai Zhang, Lei Li, Fuchun Jian, Shucheng Huang

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Abstract

Background: The gut health of livestock and poultry is of utmost importance as it significantly impacts their growth performance, disease resistance, and product quality. With the increasing restrictions on antibiotic use in animal husbandry, probiotics, prebiotics, synbiotics, and postbiotics (PPSP) have emerged as promising alternatives. This review comprehensively summarizes the roles of PPSP in promoting gut health in livestock and poultry.

Results: Probiotics, such as Lactobacillus, Bifidobacterium, and Saccharomyces, modulate the gut microbiota, enhance the gut barrier, and regulate the immune system. Prebiotics, including fructooligosaccharides, isomalto-oligosaccharides, galactooligosaccharides, and inulin, selectively stimulate the growth of beneficial bacteria and produce short-chain fatty acids, thereby improving gut health. Synbiotics, combinations of probiotics and prebiotics, have shown enhanced effects in improving gut microbiota and animal performance. Postbiotics, consisting of inanimate microorganisms and their constituents, restore the gut microbiota balance and have anti-inflammatory and antibacterial properties. Additionally, the review looks ahead to the future development of PPSP, emphasizing the importance of encapsulation technology and personalized strategies to maximize their efficacy.

Conclusions: Our aim is to provide scientific insights for PPSP to improve the gut health of livestock and poultry.

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益生菌、益生元、合成菌和后益生菌在畜禽肠道健康中的作用综述

背景：畜禽肠道健康对其生长性能、抗病性和产品质量有着重要的影响。随着畜牧业对抗生素使用的限制越来越多，益生菌、益生元、合成菌和后益生菌（PPSP）已成为有希望的替代品。本文综述了PPSP在促进畜禽肠道健康中的作用。结果：益生菌，如乳酸菌、双歧杆菌和酵母菌，调节肠道微生物群，增强肠道屏障，调节免疫系统。益生元包括低聚果糖、低聚异麦芽糖、低聚半乳糖和菊糖，它们选择性地刺激有益菌的生长，产生短链脂肪酸，从而改善肠道健康。益生菌和益生元的组合在改善肠道微生物群和动物生产性能方面显示出更强的效果。后生物制剂由无生命的微生物及其成分组成，可恢复肠道菌群平衡，具有抗炎和抗菌特性。此外，展望了PPSP的未来发展，强调了封装技术和个性化策略的重要性，以最大限度地发挥其功效。结论：本研究旨在为PPSP改善畜禽肠道健康提供科学依据。

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Metabolites Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology-Molecular Biology

CiteScore

5.70

自引率

7.30%

发文量

1070

审稿时长

17.17 days

期刊介绍： Metabolites (ISSN 2218-1989) is an international, peer-reviewed open access journal of metabolism and metabolomics. Metabolites publishes original research articles and review articles in all molecular aspects of metabolism relevant to the fields of metabolomics, metabolic biochemistry, computational and systems biology, biotechnology and medicine, with a particular focus on the biological roles of metabolites and small molecule biomarkers. Metabolites encourages scientists to publish their experimental and theoretical results in as much detail as possible. Therefore, there is no restriction on article length. Sufficient experimental details must be provided to enable the results to be accurately reproduced. Electronic material representing additional figures, materials and methods explanation, or supporting results and evidence can be submitted with the main manuscript as supplementary material.