Animals Common Benefits
Pig Improve colostrum quality, milk quality and quantity
Increase litter size and vitality
Increase piglet weight
Reduce risk of diarrhea
Improve feed efficiency, diet digestibility and meat quality
Limit constipation
Decrease stress
Poultry Increase body weight gain
Reduce mortality
Increase carcass quality decreasing contamination
Increase bone quality
Veal Calf Promote weight gain and optimal maturation of rumen microbiota limiting acidosis
Increase feed efficiency, milk yield, quality and digestive safety at weaning
Reduce risk of pathogen colonization and limit shedding of human pathogens
Horse Improve diet digestibility, milk quality and quantity
Limit diarrhea
Avoid hindgut disorders (acidosis, colic)
Limit stress (Transportation, race etc.)
Table 2: Main Targets for probiotics’ use in different types of animals [25].