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Probiotics are extensively used in ruminants to stabilize rumen pH and helps in various other important functions which are required for their well being, milk production and breeding. Use of antibiotics destroy undesirable along with the beneficial microorganisms and exposes the rumen to undesirable metabolic changes.

1. Probiotics produce beneficial enzymes and improve nutrient availability and uptake.
2. Harmful metabolites are detoxified to improve animal health.
3. Displaces E. Coli from the gut wall through competitive inhibition for attachment, adhesion, or colonization sites in the digestive tract.
4. Stimulates local immune response in the gut.
5. Production of B vitamins.
6. Production of lactic acid and creates a hostile condition for pathogenic bacteria.

Probiotics are recommended in

1. Neonatal calves
2. Post weaning
3. During periods of heat stress
4. During the early postpartum period
5. Following metabolic disorders