Indus journal of bioscience research.,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
3(2), P. 577 - 585
Published: March 6, 2025
The
increasing
demand
for
efficient
and
sustainable
animal
production
has
led
to
investigating
alternative
nutritional
strategies,
including
prebiotics
probiotics.
This
study
examined
the
synergistic
effects
of
prebiotic
probiotic
supplementation
on
gastrointestinal
health
performance
in
livestock
species,
encompassing
chicken,
swine,
cattle.
A
randomized
controlled
trial
was
executed
over
a
12-week
duration
with
150
chickens,
100
pigs,
60
cattle
at
UVAS,
Lahore,
who
were
allocated
into
three
groups:
control
(typical
food),
supplementation,
combination
supplementation.
Data
growth
rate,
feed
conversion
ratio
(FCR),
gut
microbiota
composition,
cytokine
levels
(TNF-alpha,
IL-6),
intestinal
permeability,
illness
prevalence
gathered.
Statistical
analysis,
ANOVA,
t-tests,
regression
models,
employed
evaluate
impact
findings
indicated
that
Probiotic
Combination
groups
showed
substantial
enhancements
rate
Feed
Conversion
Ratio
(FCR)
relative
Control
group.
group
exhibited
most
significant
enhancement
microbial
diversity
decrease
permeability.
Furthermore,
both
experimental
cohorts
diminished
inflammatory
cytokines
decreased
disorders,
demonstrating
favorable
outcomes.
data
indicates
concurrently
administering
probiotics
can
enhance
efficiency,
health,
disease
resistance.
highlights
benefits
livestock,
improving
conversion,
immunity.
improvements,
supporting
effect.
Future
research
should
address
long-term
impacts,
dose
responses,
economic
viability
production.
Water,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
13(10), P. 1348 - 1348
Published: May 13, 2021
Over
the
last
decades,
aquaculture
production
increased
rapidly.
The
future
development
of
industry
highly
relies
on
sustainable
utilization
natural
resources.
need
for
improving
disease
resistance,
growth
performance,
food
conversion,
and
product
safety
human
consumption
has
stimulated
application
probiotics
in
aquaculture.
Probiotics
increase
feed
improve
health
status,
raise
decrease
stress
susceptibility,
general
vigor.
Currently,
most
still
originate
from
terrestrial
sources
rather
than
fish.
However,
host-associated
(autochthonous)
are
likely
more
persistent
gastrointestinal
tract
fish
may,
therefore,
exhibit
longer-lasting
effects
host.
Probiotic
candidates
commonly
screened
vitro
assays,
but
transfer
to
vivo
assessment
is
often
problematic.
In
conclusion,
modulation
microbiome
by
use
complex
promising,
a
solid
understanding
interactions
involved
only
its
infancy
requires
further
research.
could
be
used
explore
novel
ingredients
such
as
chitin-rich
insect
meal,
which
cannot
digested
host
alone.
Most
importantly,
offer
opportunity
among
pressing
problems
Molecular Medicine,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
28(1)
Published: Dec. 1, 2022
Abstract
Gut
microbiota
plays
a
critical
role
in
the
maintenance
of
host
health.
As
low-cost
and
genetically
tractable
vertebrate
model,
zebrafish
have
been
widely
used
for
biological
research.
Zebrafish
humans
share
some
similarities
intestinal
physiology
function,
this
allows
to
be
surrogate
model
investigating
crosstalk
between
gut
host.
Especially,
features
such
as
high
fecundity,
external
fertilization,
early
optical
transparency.
These
enable
researchers
employ
fish
address
questions
not
easily
addressed
other
animal
models.
In
review,
we
described
intestine
structure
zebrafish.
Also,
summarized
methods
generating
gnotobiotic
factors
affecting
its
flora,
study
progress
functions
Finally,
discussed
limitations
challenges
studies.
summary,
review
established
that
is
an
attractive
research
tool
understand
mechanistic
insights
into
host-microbe
interaction.
Fish and Shellfish Immunology Reports,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
4, P. 100091 - 100091
Published: March 31, 2023
The
importance
of
the
gut
microbiome
in
management
various
physiological
activities
including
healthy
growth
and
performance
fish
shellfish
is
now
widely
considered
being
studied
detail
for
potential
applications
aquaculture
farming
future
industry.
all
animals
associated
with
a
number
beneficial
functions
host,
such
as
stimulating
optimal
gastrointestinal
development,
producing
supplying
vitamins
to
improving
host's
nutrient
uptake
by
providing
additional
enzymatic
activities.
Besides
uptake,
involved
strengthening
immune
system
maintaining
mucosal
tolerance,
enhancing
resilience
against
infectious
diseases,
production
anticarcinogenic
anti-inflammatory
compounds.
Because
its
significant
role,
very
often
an
"extra
organ,"
it
plays
key
role
intestinal
development
regulation
other
functions.
Recent
studies
suggest
that
energy
homeostasis
regulating
feeding,
digestive
metabolic
processes,
well
response.
Consequently,
deciphering
dynamics
cultured
species
will
play
indispensable
promoting
animal
health
productivity.
It
mentioned
community
available
tract,
particularly
intestine
acts
innovative
source
natural
product
discovery.
microbial
communities
are
several
marine
organisms
products
diverse
array
biological
today,
more
than
1000
new
compounds
have
been
reported
from
species.
Exploration
ingredients
would
create
opportunities
bio-pharma/aquaculture
industries.
Considering
important
whole
life
span
shellfish,
necessary
understand
interaction
process
between
host
community.
However,
information
pertaining
host-microbiome
interaction,
at
cellular
level,
gene
expression,
pathways,
immunomodulation
mechanisms,
literature
scanty.
has
there
three
ways
involving
host-microbe-environment
operates
maintain
i.e.
intrinsic
factors,
environment
shapes
composition,
core
present
itself
equal
influence
on
biology.
In
review,
efforts
made
collect
comprehensive
aspects
maintenance,
digestion
absorption,
metabolism
shellfish.
Microbiome,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
11(1)
Published: Nov. 20, 2023
While
many
studies
have
reported
that
the
structure
of
gut
and
skin
microbiota
is
driven
by
both
species-specific
habitat-specific
factors,
relative
importance
host-specific
versus
environmental
factors
in
wild
vertebrates
remains
poorly
understood.
The
aim
this
study
was
to
determine
diversity
composition
fish
skin,
gut,
surrounding
water
bacterial
communities
(hereafter
referred
as
microbiota)
assess
extent
which
host
habitat
phylogeny
predict
similarity.
Skin
swabs
samples
from
334
belonging
17
species
were
sampled
three
Laurentian
Great
Lakes
(LGLs)
habitats
(Detroit
River,
Lake
Erie,
Ontario).
We
also
collected
filtered
at
time
collection.
analyzed
community
using
16S
metabarcoding
tested
for
variation.We
found
distinct
microbiota,
although
more
closely
resembled
microbiota.
(sample
location),
habitat,
diet,
shape
promote
divergence
or
convergence
Since
significantly
affected
(separately
effects),
we
phylosymbiosis
pairwise
phylogenetic
distance
dissimilarity.
significant
effects
on
dissimilarity,
consistent
with
perhaps
reflecting
longstanding
co-evolutionary
relationship
between
their
microbiomes.Analyzing
mucus
across
diverse
complex
natural
ecosystems
such
LGLs
provides
insights
into
potential
microbiome,
ultimately
health,
host.
Video
Abstract.
Aquaculture,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
546, P. 737297 - 737297
Published: Aug. 6, 2021
The
establishment
of
the
early-life
gut
microbiota
plays
an
important
role
in
fish
development
and
influences
host's
health
status
growth
performance.
Different
rearing
conditions
can
impact
initial
colonization
microbiota,
while
addition
probiotics
may
also
affect
such
colonization.
However,
how
this
larvae
survival
remains
largely
unexplored.
In
study,
3-day
old
Nile
tilapia
embryos
were
hatched
until
9
days
post
fertilization
(dpf)
three
systems,
including
one
flow-through
system
(FTS)
two
identical
recirculating
aquaculture
systems
(RAS).
When
feeding
started
at
10
dpf,
FTS
RAS
fed
with
a
control
diet,
second
diet
coated
B.
subtilis
spores
(RASB).
trial
lasted
26
days,
from
to
fry
stage,
during
which
survival,
performance
analyzed.
reared
showed
significantly
lower
than
those
RASB,
no
differences
observed
apparent
feed
conversion
ratio
between
treatments.
resulted
different
compositions,
strongly
correlated
rate
standard
body
length
harvest.
Cetobacterium
was
enriched
barely
detected
FTS-reared
fry.
Probiotic
supplementation
increased
relative
abundance
beneficial
Bacillus
gut.
Our
findings
indicate
that
supports
better
compared
FTS,
dietary
probiotic
further
modulates
bacterial
composition
stimulates
presence
bacteria
early
life.
Animal Microbiome,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
3(1)
Published: Nov. 27, 2021
Abstract
Background
Fish
gut
microbial
colonisation
starts
during
larval
stage
and
plays
an
important
role
in
host’s
growth
health.
To
what
extent
first
could
influence
the
microbiome
succession
later
life
remains
unknown.
In
this
study,
Nile
tilapia
embryos
were
incubated
two
different
environments,
a
flow-through
system
(FTS)
biofloc
(BFS);
hatched
larvae
subsequently
cultured
systems
for
14
days
of
feeding
(dof).
then
transferred
to
one
common
recirculating
aquaculture
(RAS1,
garden,
15–62
dof),
followed
by
trial
another
RAS
(RAS2,
trial,
63–105
dof).
RAS2,
fish
fed
with
types
diet,
differing
non-starch
polysaccharide
content.
Our
aim
was
test
effect
rearing
environment
on
development,
nutrient
digestibility
performance
post-larvae
stages.
Results
Larvae
BFS
showed
better
microbiome,
compared
FTS.
After
still
differences
species
composition,
while
body
weight
similar.
Long-term
effects
early
history
digestibility,
nitrogen
energy
balances
not
observed.
Still,
BFS-reared
had
more
interactions
than
FTS-reared
fish.
A
temporal
observed
although
distinct
number
core
remained
present
throughout
experimental
period.
Conclusion
results
indicated
that
legacy
gradually
disappeared
host
no
composition
after
culture
environment.
However,
exposure
consistently
increased
juvenile
might
possibly
benefit
Molecular Ecology,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
32(5), P. 1183 - 1196
Published: Dec. 7, 2022
Fish
represent
a
large
part
of
the
taxonomic
diversity
vertebrates
and
are
high
commercial
value.
However,
factors
influencing
gut
microbiota
composition
freshwater
fish
over
spatial
scales
remain
unclear.
Therefore,
this
study
explored
microbiome
in
24
species
from
Yellow
River,
which
spans
1500
km
across
China.
The
results
showed
that
geographical
distance,
host
phylogeny
diet
significantly
influenced
microbial
community
diversity,
whereas
sex,
body
length
weight
had
minimal
influence.
Geographical
distance
was
primary
factor
shaping
microbiota,
dissimilarity
structure
increased
with
an
increase
mainly
driven
by
dispersal
limitation.
communities
were
more
homogeneous
at
higher
resolutions
due
to
dominant
role
selection
convergence.
Phylosymbiosis
observed
all
species,
stronger
pattern
Cypriniformes,
harbour
host-specific
taxa.
Host
explained
little
variation
although
it
significant
for
metrics
tested.
These
findings
collectively
suggest
host-based
patterns
tend
be
shaped
different
ecological
forces
River.
present
work
provides
robust
assessment
multiple
driving
assembly
offers
insight
into
mechanisms
underlying
shifts
rivers
scales.