Research on antibiotic-induced intestinal flora imbalance in livestock and its treatment

Antibiotic-induced intestinal flora imbalance, also known as antibiotic-associated diarrhea, refers to diarrhea that occurs with the use of antibiotics and can not be explained by other reasons. Due to the excessive use of antibiotics, the intestinal flora imbalance of livestock has caused a great impact on the animal breeding industry. In this paper, the effect of antibiotics on intestinal flora of livestock and an effective method of treating intestinal flora imbalance, fecal bacteria transplantation (FMT), were briefly introduced. Besides, several substances like probiotics, prebiotics and plant extracts were also summarized here, which could replace antibiotics as feed additives.