Full Description
This Volume 1 of a two-volume work provides an up-to-date overview of the latest advances in live biotherapeutics research. It focuses on key areas within probiotics and microbiome studies from the veterinary sciences including their translation into commercial applications.
The book is divided into three sections, comprising (I) fundamentals about probiotic resources, (II) probiotics for veterinary health, with chapters on farm animals, pets, wildlife and aquaculture, and (III) industrial applications of probiotics.
The broad spectrum of industry-relevant contributions makes this work a valuable resource for industry professionals as well as researchers in functional feed and food biotechnology, applied veterinary microbiology and gastroenterology. Presenting novel and evidence-based research, this volume will drive the commercial enterprise and meets the great demand for good probiotic products in the veterinary medical sector.
Contents
Part 1: Fundamentals About Probiotics and Probiotic Resources.- Chapter 1: Emerging Alternative Therapies: Health-Promoting Microbes.- Chapter 2: Traditional Foods as Sources of Probiotics.- Chapter 3: Current Paradigms and Diversity of Probiotic Microbes.- Chapter 4: Probiotics, Prebiotics and Synbiotics: Advanced Nutraceuticals.- Chapter 5: Identification and Evaluation of Probiotics.- Chapter 6: Viability of Probiotics in Foods.- Chapter 7: Non-lactic Acid Bacteria and Other Novel Probiotics.- Chapter 8: Yeasts as Potential Probiotics.- Chapter 9: Probiotic-mediated Detoxification of Xenobiotics and Carcinogens.- Chapter 10: Gut Biotransformation of Phytometabolites.- Part 2: Probiotics for Veterinary Health.- Chapter 11: Microbial Rich Niches in Herbivores.- Chapter 12: Milk as a Potential Source of Animal Probiotics.- Chapter 13: Probiotics for Monogastric Animals (Poultry, Pigs) and Pets.- Chapter 14: Probiotics in Ruminant Nutrition and Production.- Chapter 15: Probiotics in Wild Animal Nutrition and Health.- Chapter 16: Probiotics against Methanogens and Methanogenesis.- Chapter 17: Rumen Microbiome Transplantation.- Chapter 18: Probiotics Against Veterinary Infectious Diseases.- Chapter 19: Microbial Feed Additives to Improve Forage Quality.- Chapter 20: Probiotics for Fish and Aquaculture.- Part 3: Industrial Applications of Probiotics.- Chapter 21: Probiotics as Chemical Decontamination Candidates.- Chapter 22: Commercial Probiotics.- Chapter 23: Probiotics in Dairy Industry.- Chapter 24: Probiotics in Meat Industry.- Chapter 25: Microbial Preservation and Quality Control of Fermented Foods.- Chapter 26: Processing, Preservation and Delivery of Probiotics.
