Direct-Fed Microbials and Prebiotics for Animals

1. The Commensal Microbiota
John A. Patterson

2. Prebiotics of Plant and Microbial Origin
Brittany M. Vester Boler, George C. Fahey

3. Microbial Species Characteristics and Selection
Lacey M. Guillen

4. Genomics of Probiotic–Host Interactions
Dharani K. Ajithdoss, Scot E. Dowd, Jan S. Suchodolski

5. Effects of Prebiotics and Probiotics on the Host Immune Response
Michael H. Kogut, Christina L. Swaggerty

6. Current Status of Practical Applications: Pets
Brittany M. Vester Boler, George C. Fahey

7. Current Perspectives on Probiotics in Poultry Preharvest Food Safety
A. V. S. Perumalla, Navam S. Hettiarachchy, Steven C. Ricke

8. Current Status of Practical Applications: Probiotics in Dairy Cattle
Todd R. Callaway, Tom S. Edrington, T. L. Poole, D. J. Nisbet

9. Current and Future Status of Practical Applications: Beef Cattle
Blake K. Wilson, Clinton R. Krehbiel

10. Future Challenges of Administration of Direct-Fed Microbial Supplementation to Swine
Ellen Davis

11. Characteristics and Modification of the Intestinal Tract Microbiota of the Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus

Julie J. Burr, Ashley R. Clement, Edmund J. Stellwag, Gary S. Burr, Steven C. Ricke

12. Use of Direct-Fed Microbials as a Preharvest Food Safety Intervention in Cattle
Megan E. Jacob, T. G. Nagaraja

Avainsanat: Chemistry, Food Science