New topics and limits related to the use of probiotics in animal feeding

The practice of use of probiotics in animal feeding is strategic for a healthy production well accepted by the consumer. This short presentation reports some evidences that induce a careful evaluation of some parameters before transferring the results obtained in well-controlled experiments to the heterogeneous situations in the farms. More comprehensions about the role of commensal microflora in the gut and in the whole organism of growing producing animals, could help the identification of probiotics suitable for specific purposes.