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This perspective argues that the gastrointestinal microbiome is a critical, and still underappreciated, mediator of feed efficiency across livestock systems. In ruminants, rumen microbial communities drive the conversion of fibrous feeds into volatile fatty acids and microbial protein, thereby shaping host energy supply, nitrogen utilization, and methane loss. In monogastrics, intestinal microbiota influence nutrient salvage, short-chain fatty acid production, barrier integrity, immune tone, and metabolic signaling, with direct consequences for growth and productive performance. We contend that feed efficiency should be reframed as an emergent property of diet\u2013microbiome\u2013host interactions rather than as a simple input\u2013output trait. From this viewpoint, microbial mediation helps explain between-animal variation in nutrient bioavailability, digestive stability, inflammatory burden, and resilience under commercial production conditions. 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