Probiotics as alternatives to antibiotics for the prevention and control of necrotic enteritis in chickens

RR Kulkarni, C Gaghan, K Gorrell, S Sharif… - Pathogens, 2022 - mdpi.com
Necrotic enteritis (NE) in poultry is an economically important disease caused by Clostridium
perfringens type A bacteria. A global trend on restricting the use of antibiotics as feed …

Prebiotic, Probiotic, Antimicrobial, and Functional Food Applications of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens

K WoldemariamYohannes, Z Wan, Q Yu… - Journal of agricultural …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Bacillus amyloliquefaciens belongs to the genus Bacillus and family Baciliaceae. It is
ubiquitously found in food, plants, animals, soil, and in different environments. In this review …

[HTML][HTML] Dietary Paenibacillus polymyxa AM20 as a new probiotic: Improving effects on IR broiler growth performance, hepatosomatic index, thyroid hormones, lipid …

L Zhou, K Abouelezz, MA Momenah, MA Bajaber… - Poultry Science, 2024 - Elsevier
The search for a natural antimicrobial agent is ongoing and critical because of the rise and
rapid proliferation of antibiotic-resistant pathogenic bacteria. The current study aims to …

Recent trends on mitigative effect of probiotics on oxidative-stress-induced gut dysfunction in broilers under necrotic enteritis challenge: A review

UE Obianwuna, N Agbai Kalu, J Wang, H Zhang, G Qi… - Antioxidants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Gut health includes normal intestinal physiology, complete intestinal epithelial barrier,
efficient immune response, sustained inflammatory balance, healthy microbiota, high …

Bacillus-derived probiotics: metabolites and mechanisms involved in bacteria–host interactions

S Lu, K Na, Y Li, L Zhang, Y Fang… - Critical Reviews in Food …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Bacillus probiotics have a sporulation capacity that makes them more suitable for processing
and storage and for surviving passage through the gastrointestinal tract. The probiotic …

Modulations of genes related to gut integrity, apoptosis, and immunity underlie the beneficial effects of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens CECT 5940 in broilers fed diets with …

K Gharib-Naseri, JC de Paula Dorigam… - Journal of animal …, 2020 - Springer
Background The ban of in-feed antimicrobial additives has negatively affected the poultry
industry by causing necrotic enteritis (NE) to emerge in the flocks. Alternatives such as …

Effect of a synbiotic supplement as an antibiotic alternative on broiler skeletal, physiological, and oxidative parameters under heat stress

JY Hu, AA Mohammed, GR Murugesan, HW Cheng - Poultry Science, 2022 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to examine if synbiotics can function as alternatives to antibiotics in
broiler production under heat stress (HS). Day-old broiler chicks (528 birds) were randomly …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of feed supplementation with 3 different probiotic Bacillus strains and their combination on the performance of broiler chickens challenged with …

D Sandvang, L Skjoet-Rasmussen, MD Cantor… - Poultry Science, 2021 - Elsevier
The application of probiotics in broiler feed, to alleviate performance deficiencies due to mild
infections by coccidia and Clostridium perfringens, is of increasing interest for the poultry …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of dietary Bacillus amyloliquefaciens CECT 5940 supplementation on growth performance, antioxidant status, immunity, and digestive enzyme activity …

Y Sun, Y Zhang, M Liu, J Li, W Lai, S Geng, T Yuan… - Poultry Science, 2022 - Elsevier
This experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of dietary supplementation with
Bacillus amyloliquefaciens CECT 5940 (BA-5940) on growth performance, antioxidant …

[HTML][HTML] A first model of the fate of dietary calcium and phosphorus in broiler chickens

MP Reis, C Couture, NK Sakomura, L Hauschild… - animal, 2023 - Elsevier
To reduce P excretion and increase the sustainability of poultry farms, one needs to
understand the mechanisms surrounding P metabolism and its close link with Ca …