Characterizing the chicken gut colonization ability of a diverse group of bacteria.

ABSTRACT: The development of probiotics for chickens is a rapidly expanding field. The main approach to probiotics is to administer the probiotic strain throughout the bird's life, usually through incorporation in the feed. However, probiotics which would utilize bacterial strains capable of permanently colonizing the gut after a single exposure are likely to have a greater impact on the developing gut community as well as on the host, would simplify probiotic use and also reduce costs in an industrial setting. Finally, very limited and conflicting information about the colonization ability of different bacterial strains has been reported. Here we report 2 colonization experiments using 14 different bacterial strains from diverse phylogenetic groups. In both experiments, groups of chicks were orally

SUBMITTER: Poudel B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9508342 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature