Publications by authors named "Antoine Meuter"
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- The study explored how dietary probiotics from dual-strain Bacillus subtilis affect growth, gut health, and gut bacteria in broiler chickens through a randomized trial with three groups: a control group, a BS300 group (300 mg/kg), and a BS500 group (500 mg/kg).
- The 500 mg/kg dosage significantly improved feed efficiency, increased gut health markers like villus height and decreased crypt depth, and enhanced the expression of a key gut health gene, occludin, at 35 days.
- Additionally, B. subtilis supplementation boosted important immune factors and favored beneficial gut bacteria, improving overall growth performance, especially with the higher 500 mg/kg dosage compared to 300 mg/kg.
Bacterial chondronecrosis with osteomyelitis (BCO) lameness is a bone disease characterized by the translocation of bacteria from the gastrointestinal tract, which colonize microfractures in broiler leg bones caused by rapid animal growth rate and weight gain, resulting in lameness. As such, BCO lameness represents a significant challenge for the poultry industry. This study aims to evaluate the effect of spraying broiler chicks on d0 at hatch with an probiotic on the incidence of BCO-induced lameness, utilizing a challenge model.
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