30 Oct 2006

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Applications in poultry diets


Probiotics have potential to produce beneficial effects in poultry via modifications of the microbial population within the digestive tract.

Probiotics have been particularly useful in the early stages of chick growth since the gut of the newly hatched chick is sterile and administering probiotics through water at this stage helps to build up beneficial bacteria much faster than the normal course.

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by Editor AllAboutFeed 30 Oct 2006 last update:6 Aug 2012