Mechanisms and applications of probiotics in prevention and treatment of swine diseases

Yue Zhang; Yuyu Zhang; Fei Liu; Yanwei Mao; Yimin Zhang; Hao Zeng; Sufang Ren; Lihui Guo; Zhi Chen; Nataliia Hrabchenko; Jiaqiang Wu; Jiang Yu

doi:10.1186/s40813-022-00295-6

Mechanisms and applications of probiotics in prevention and treatment of swine diseases

Porcine Health Manag. 2023 Feb 6;9(1):5. doi: 10.1186/s40813-022-00295-6.

Authors

Yue Zhang^#^{1

2}, Yuyu Zhang^#¹, Fei Liu^#¹, Yanwei Mao², Yimin Zhang², Hao Zeng¹, Sufang Ren¹, Lihui Guo¹, Zhi Chen¹, Nataliia Hrabchenko¹, Jiaqiang Wu^{3

4

5}, Jiang Yu⁶

Affiliations

¹ Shandong Key Laboratory of Animal Disease Control and Breeding, Institute of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, 250100, China.
² College of Food Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, 271018, Shandong, China.
³ Shandong Key Laboratory of Animal Disease Control and Breeding, Institute of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, 250100, China. wujiaqiang2000@sina.com.
⁴ College of Food Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, 271018, Shandong, China. wujiaqiang2000@sina.com.
⁵ School of Life Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, 250014, China. wujiaqiang2000@sina.com.
⁶ Shandong Key Laboratory of Animal Disease Control and Breeding, Institute of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, 250100, China. yujiang_2213@163.com.

^# Contributed equally.

Abstract

Probiotics can improve animal health by regulating intestinal flora balance, improving the structure of the intestinal mucosa, and enhancing intestinal barrier function. At present, the use of probiotics has been a research hotspot in prevention and treatment of different diseases at home and abroad. This review has summarized the researchers and applications of probiotics in prevention and treatment of swine diseases, and elaborated the relevant mechanisms of probiotics, which aims to provide a reference for probiotics better applications to the prevention and treatment of swine diseases.

Keywords: Applications; Mechanisms of action; Probiotic; Swine diseases.

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