Background Sub-therapeutic antibiotics are widely used as growth promoters in the poultry
industry; however, the resulting antibiotic resistance threatens public health. A plant-derived …

In this study, the effects of plant extracts (PEs) and virginiamycin (VIRG) on broiler growth
performance, as well as on host intestinal microbiota composition and function were …

1Institute of Animal Nutrition and Bromatology, University of Life Sciences in Lublin,
Akademicka 13, 20-950 Lublin, Poland 2Department of Animal Physiology, University of Life …

Simple Summary Antibiotics perturb the gastrointestinal microbiota by killing bacteria
beneficial for animal health and favoring the emergence of potential pathogens …

Background The emergence of antimicrobial resistance is a major threat to global health
and has placed pressure on the livestock industry to eliminate the use of antibiotic growth …

Clostridium butyricum has been widely considered an antibiotic substitute in recent years. It
can promote growth performance, improve the immune response and enhance the intestinal …

Antimicrobial growth promoters (AGPs) are commonly used in broiler production. There is a
huge societal concern around their use and their contribution to the proliferation of …

Sanguinarine is a bioactive compound as a quaternary benzophenanthridine alkaloid from
plant of the Macleaya cordata, Papaveraceae family. The present study was conducted to …

Antimicrobial growth promoters (AGPs) are commonly used in the livestock industry at
subtherapeutic levels to improve production efficiency, which is achieved mainly through …

Background The chicken intestinal microbiota plays a large role in chicken health and
productivity and a greater understanding of its development may lead to interventions to …