The Use of Probiotics and Prebiotics in Poultry Feeds

Through genetic improvements the productivity of broilers has improved significantly. While this is a good thing for the poultry industry, increased rearing density has concentrated and increased disease challenges making birds more susceptible to various pathogens especially enteropathic microbes such as E. coli, Salmonellaspp., Clostridium perfringens, and Camplyobacter spp. This increased susceptibility has resulted in the use of antimicrobial growth promoters which are primarily used to enha...nce gut health and control sub-clinical challenges. With increasing public concerns about bacterial resistance to antibiotics, the use of antibiotics in therapeutic or sub-therapeutic doses in poultry feed has been severely limited or eliminated in many countries.

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2008 48 5