Question

Do probiotics reduce antibiotic resistance in animals and how?

Answer 1

Probiotics are live microorganisms. It may include Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium and have beneficial effect on the host. Probiotics reduce the risk of certain infectious disease such as diarrhea and respiratory tract infection. Antibiotics are effective against most common diseases, but increasingly resistance is being observed among pathogens. Probiotics directly reduce the spread of antibiotic resistance; but antibiotic provide opportunities for reducing the spread of resistances. Probiotics reduce the risk for certain infectious diseases and thereby reduce the need for antibiotics. Probiotics may reduce the risk for antibiotic-associated diarrhea and do not contribute to the spread of antibiotic resistance and may even reduce it.