Xixi Chen, Ph.D., expert in animal nutrition, interviews David Saornil, DVM, Product Manager for swine applications at Lallemand Animal Nutrition. In this episode, Saornil explains the main probiotic strains that can be found on the animal nutrition market and what differentiates them. He highlights the historic and current use of probiotics in animal nutrition with a special focus on Europe.  Then, Saornil explains more about the mode of action of these probiotics in piglets and how they can help improve gut health, especially in the context of reducing the use of treatments such as antibiotics. He also gives tips to help nutritionists evaluate probiotic efficacy. Finally, the experts discuss future applications of probiotics. [Content originally released by Dr.Xixi Chen at https://bit.ly/3vdFJvy].