Direct Fed Microbial (DFM) Market 2018: Global Industry Review, Research, Statistics and Growth to 2023
Direct fed microbial (DFM) is a live microbial feed supplement which improves the intestinal microbial balance of the host livestock. The term direct fed microbial is also referred as probiotics. The most commonly used DFM includes yeast, lactic acid bacteria, bacillus, and other bacteria. These bacteria colonize the intestine of an animal in its initial days of life. During normal fermentation, beneficial bacteria produce organic acids such as lactic acid, acetic acid, or butyric acid, which lowers the intestinal pH...
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