Vol. 12, Issue 3 (2023)

Author(s):
Vijay Kumar Matham, A Gopala Reddy and N Prakash

Abstract:
Intensive production systems in livestock are playing an important role worldwide. The health benefits imparted by probiotics and prebiotics as well as synbiotics have been the subject of extensive research in the past few decades. These food supplements termed as functional foods have been demonstrated to alter, modify and reinstate the pre-existing intestinal flora. Prebiotics like FOS, GOS, XOS, Inulin; fructans are the most commonly used fibers. Bifidobacterium, Lactobacillus, Bacillus, Enterococcus and Saccharomyces are commonly utilized as probiotics in the animal feed. Prebiotics used together with probiotics are termed synbiotics and are able to improve the viability of the probiotics. The present review focuses on composition and roles of Prebiotics, Probiotics and Synbiotics on animal health and Productivity.