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Effectiveness of Bacillus strains as probiotics

Bacillus spp. Probiotic Strains as a Potential Tool for Limiting the Use of Antibiotics, and Improving the Growth and Health of Pigs and Chickens

Published: November 9, 2023

Summary

INTRODUCTION Livestock monogastric species, including swine and poultry, are the main sources of meat; therefore, they are, at the same time, the main livestock species reared under intensive conditions (Eurostat, 2022). The pressure to increasingly optimize breeding resulted in antimicrobials often being used for both prophylactic and metaphylactic purposes to counteract the diseases of these a...

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#Swine nutrition

#Poultry gut health

#Swine gut health

#Antimicrobials in poultry

#Probiotics and prebiotics in poultry nutrition

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