Benefits of probiotics and/or prebiotics for antibiotic-reduced poultry

• Published in: Poultry science Vol. 97; no. 11; pp. 3807 - 3815
• Main Author: Al-Khalaifah, H S
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Inc 01.11.2018; Poultry Science Association, Inc
• Subjects: additives; Animal Feed - analysis; Animal Feed - economics; Animal Husbandry - methods; animal production; Animals; antibiotics; antigens; bacteria; birds; Chickens; drugs; economic analysis; feeds; growth promotion; immune response; immunocompetence; infectious diseases; intestines; poultry; prebiotics; Prebiotics - administration & dosage; Prebiotics - economics; probiotics; Probiotics - administration & dosage; Probiotics - economics; risk; Turkeys; prebiotics; poultry; antibiotics; probiotics

Antibiotics have been used for many years as growth promoters. They contribute to build the immunocompetence (i.e. ability of the body to produce a normal immune response following exposure to an antigen) of birds against infectious diseases and as growth promoters. Antibiotics have been widely used...