Produce compounds like bacteriocins that inhibit intestinal pathogens.
Occupy the attachment sites that potentially pathogenic bacteria use and thereby prevent them from colonizing the intestinal tract.
Enhance immune systems
Produce a variety of enzymes i.e. proteases, amylases, lipases, glycosidase etc which helps to improve in digestion & enhance feed efficiency.
Amines, produced by some intestinal microbes, are irritating and toxic, and have been associated with diarrhoea. Lactic acid bacteria have been found to reduce the level of amines in the gut and to neutralize toxins.
