ATUAÇÃO DOS ÓLEOS ESSENCIAIS SOBRE A MICROBIOTA DE FRANGOS: REVISÃO

Abstract

To improve animal productivity, antimicrobials have become a viable alternative in production, however, they are now seen as risk generators for human health. Due to this problem, essential oils began to be studied as alternatives to antimicrobials, due to their antimicrobial and microbiota regulatory action. The search for the maintenance and growth of the poultry sector, associated with the preservation of human health, encourages nutritionists to study the role of the intestinal microbiota and the way in which it can be modified or stabilized. The objective was to review in the literature the effectiveness of using essential oil as a balancer of the microbiota of birds. This review was carried out by researching recent articles, theses, and dissertations on the subject with the help of google academic and Scielo. There is still a need for more studies on the use of essential oils in poultry as balancers of the microbiota, to have greater knowledge about the minimum levels of inclusion that present results compared to the use of traditional additives, but essential oils appear as a of viable and safe alternatives for replacing growth promoters.