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Vol.1 , No. 1, Publication Date: Dec. 27, 2014, Page: 1-6
| [1] | Arash Rafat, Department of Wine, Food and Molecular Biosciences, Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Lincoln University, Lincoln 7647, New Zealand. |
| [2] | Malik Altaf Hussain, Centre for Food Research and Innovation, Lincoln University, Lincoln 7647, New Zealand. |
Importance of probiotics in animal farming has mostly been discussed in terms of the impact on animals’ general health and productivity. The impact is mainly due to intestinal microbial balance, antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory agents, and vitamins produced by probiotics, competing with pathogens for nutrient and the adhesion of epithelial receptors, and enhancement of intestinal nutrient absorption. However, in this article, we have focused on the environmental benefits of probiotics use in agriculture, which is actually another side of this valuable coin; probiotic. Some of these environmental benefits are the indirect advantages which are achieved through the usage of probiotics as a replacement for antibiotics and other chemical growth promoters in animal farming. However, the direct environmental benefits are not well-discussed in the literature. These are mainly by changing the microbial diversity not only in animal body, but in the farm environment and providing natural sources of beneficial microbes for other hosts, and improving the quality of animal products. It is highlighted here that worthiness of direct environmental benefits gain from probiotics in agriculture is not less than the indirect ones, if it is not more. It is concluded that strategy of using probiotics in animal farming improves the environment directly and indirectly and therefore encouraging/assisting animal farmers to practice this environmental-friendly system should be seriously considered especially by the policymakers.
Keywords
Probiotics, Animal Farming, Agriculture, Environment, Microorganisms
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