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Bioactive compounds, antibiotics and heavy metals: Effects on the intestinal structure and microbiome of monogastric animals – a non-systematic review Cover

Bioactive compounds, antibiotics and heavy metals: Effects on the intestinal structure and microbiome of monogastric animals – a non-systematic review

Open Access
|May 2023

Abstract

The intestinal structure and gut microbiota are essential for the animals’ health. Chemical components taken with food provide the right environment for a specific microbiome which, together with its metabolites and the products of digestion, create an environment, which in turn affects the population size of specific bacteria. Disturbances in the composition of the gut microbiota can be a reason for the malformation of guts, which has a decisive impact on the animal’s health. This review aimed to analyse scientific literature, published over the past 20 years, concerning the effect of nutritional factors on gut health, determined by the intestinal structure and microbiota of monogastric animals. Several topics have been investigated: bioactive compounds (probiotics, prebiotics, organic acids, and herbal active substances), antibiotics and heavy metals (essential minerals and toxic heavy metals).

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aoas-2022-0057 | Journal eISSN: 2300-8733 | Journal ISSN: 1642-3402
Language: English
Page range: 289 - 313
Submitted on: May 2, 2022
Accepted on: Jul 15, 2022
Published on: May 3, 2023
Published by: National Research Institute of Animal Production
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2023 Anna Winiarska-Mieczan, Małgorzata Kwiecień, Karolina Jachimowicz-Rogowska, Siemowit Muszyński, Ewa Tomaszewska, published by National Research Institute of Animal Production
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