Dietary Clostridium butyricum and Bacillus subtilis Promote Goose Growth by Improving Intestinal Structure and Function, Antioxidative Capacity and Microbial Composition.

ABSTRACT: Probiotics are a substitute for antibiotics in the sense of intestinal health maintenance. Clostridium butyricum and Bacillus subtilis, as probiotic bacteria, have been widely used in animal production. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of the two probiotic bacteria in geese. A total of 288 1-day old, healthy Yangzhou geese were randomly assigned into 4 groups (A, B, C and D) with 6 replicates of 12 birds each. Group A, as control, was fed a basal diet, and the treatment groups (B, C and D) were fed the basal diet supplemented with 250 mg/kg Clostridium butyricum (the viable count was 3.0 × 10⁶ CFU/g), 250 mg/kg Bacillus subtilis (the viable count was 2.0 × 10⁷ CFU/g), or a combination of the two probiotic bacteria for 70

SUBMITTER: Yu J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8614425 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature