Highlights•Probiotics exhibit good potential for improvement of poultry meat
quality.•Probiotics reduce total cholesterol and affect positively fatty acid profile of poultry …

Recently, there has been an increasing debate regarding the use of sub-therapeutic
antibiotics in animal feed. This stems from worries that this practice may result in microbial …

To date, no report has demonstrated the use of beneficial microbes for contributing to the
flavour characteristics and gut microbiota diversity of chicken. Here, we selected six …

Coccidiosis is an inherent risk in the commercial broiler industry and inflicts devastating
economic losses to poultry operations. Probiotics may provide a potential alternative to the …

Bifidobacterium is one of the most promising probiotics which was recently used as an
alternative growth promoter in poultry. This trial was considered to evaluate the potential …

Probiotics are live, nonpathogenic microorganisms known to have a positive effect on the
host by improving the natural balance of gut microbiota. The objective of this study was to …

Introduction In-feed probiotics are becoming attractive alternatives to antibiotics in the
poultry industry due to the ever-growing strict prohibitions on antibiotic growth promoters …

Coccidiosis is one of the major parasitic diseases in the commercial broiler industry.
Probiotics can protect poultry against Eimeria infection. However, the mechanisms are not …

Background Probiotics are beneficial bacteria that are able to colonize the host digestive
system, increasing the natural flora and preventing colonization of pathogenic organisms …

Background: With the removal of antibiotic as growth promoters from poultry diets, it is of
interest to investigate potential alternatives to maintain good growth performance and good …