Tannin containing legumes as a model for nutraceuticals against digestive parasites in livestock

TY - JOUR

T1 - Tannin containing legumes as a model for nutraceuticals against digestive parasites in livestock

AU - Hoste, H.

AU - Torres-Acosta, J. F. J.

AU - Sandoval-Castro, C. A.

AU - Mueller-Harvey, I.

AU - Sotiraki, S.

AU - Louvandini, H.

AU - Thamsborg, Stig Milan

AU - Terrill, T. H.

N1 - Copyright © 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

PY - 2015/8/15

Y1 - 2015/8/15

N2 - Parasitic infections with gastrointestinal nematodes (GINs) still represent a worldwide major pathological threat associated with the outdoor production of various livestock species. Because of the widespread resistance to synthetic chemical anthelmintics, there is a strong impetus to explore novel approaches for a more integrated management of these infections. The use of nutraceuticals in the control of GINs is one of the alternatives which has been widely studied for 20 years. The objectives of this review are: (i) to define and illustrate the concept of 'nutraceutical' in the context of veterinary parasitology based on data obtained on the most studied models to control GINs in small ruminants, the tannin-containing legumes (Fabaceae); (ii) to illustrate how the 'nutraceutical concept' could be expanded to other plants, other livestock production systems and other GI parasitic diseases, and (iii) to explain how this concept is opening up new research fields for better understanding the interactions between the host, the digestive parasites and the environment.

AB - Parasitic infections with gastrointestinal nematodes (GINs) still represent a worldwide major pathological threat associated with the outdoor production of various livestock species. Because of the widespread resistance to synthetic chemical anthelmintics, there is a strong impetus to explore novel approaches for a more integrated management of these infections. The use of nutraceuticals in the control of GINs is one of the alternatives which has been widely studied for 20 years. The objectives of this review are: (i) to define and illustrate the concept of 'nutraceutical' in the context of veterinary parasitology based on data obtained on the most studied models to control GINs in small ruminants, the tannin-containing legumes (Fabaceae); (ii) to illustrate how the 'nutraceutical concept' could be expanded to other plants, other livestock production systems and other GI parasitic diseases, and (iii) to explain how this concept is opening up new research fields for better understanding the interactions between the host, the digestive parasites and the environment.

U2 - 10.1016/j.vetpar.2015.06.026

DO - 10.1016/j.vetpar.2015.06.026

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 26190131

SN - 0304-4017

VL - 212

SP - 5

EP - 17

JO - Veterinary Parasitology

JF - Veterinary Parasitology

IS - 1-2

ER -