Alternatives to Antimicrobial Growth Promoters and Their Impact in Gut Microbiota, Health and Disease

• Main Author: Juan D. Latorre (auth)
• Other Authors: Guillermo Tellez (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2017
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Medicine; Feed additives; Antibiotics; Livestock; Antimicrobial resistance; Microbiome
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

In the context of disease pathogenesis, it has been observed that after inadequate administration of antibiotics, animals become more susceptible to intestinal colonization and organ invasion by enteropathogens, these could be related to changes caused in the gastrointestinal microbial community. Th...