Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Improved Growth Performance

• Postbiotics: Multifunctional Microbial Products Transforming Animal Health and Performance.

  • 2025-12-12
  • Review
  • Veterinary sciences 12(12)
  • • Sahdeo Prasad
    • Bhaumik Patel
    • Prafulla Kumar
    • Rajiv Lall

  • PubMed: 41472171
  • DOI: 10.3390/vetsci12121191

  13 Insights on

  • Improved Growth Performance

  • Low evidence

  The integration of postbiotics into animal feed improves growth performance, feed conversion ratios, and disease resistance in animals

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

• Alternatives to antibiotics for sustainable livestock production in the context of the One Health approach: tackling a common foe.

  • 2025-08-13
  • Review
  • Frontiers in veterinary science 12
  • • Eveline M Ibeagha-Awemu
    • Faith A Omonijo
    • Laurie C Piché
    • Antony T Vincent

  • PubMed: 40881639
  • DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2025.1605215

  1 Insight on

  • Improved Growth Performance

  • Low evidence

  Saccharomyces cerevisiae fermentate has been reported as an alternative to antibiotics in livestock production, with studies noting improvements in feed-to-weight ratio, meat quality and overall health of livestock.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

• Intestinal microbiota and its interaction to intestinal health in nursery pigs.

  • 2022-03
  • Review
  • Animal nutrition (Zhongguo xu mu shou yi xue hui) 8
  • • Marcos Elias Duarte
    • Sung Woo Kim

  • PubMed: 34977387
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.aninu.2021.05.001

  2 Insights on

  • Improved Growth Performance

  • Low evidence

  The intestinal microbiota has gained increased attention ... due to its role in promoting intestinal maturation, immune system modulation, and consequently the enhancement of the health and growth performance of the host.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate