Dietary Microbial Muramidase Improves Growth Performance Alone or in Combination with Antibiotic Growth Promoters
Published:January 4, 2022
Summary
The gastro-intestinal tract (GIT) of poultry has a complex and dynamic microbial community consisting primarily of bacteria whose cell wall contains the structural polymer peptidoglycans (PGNs). Bacterial cell wall recycling is a process whereby bacteria degrade their own wall during growth in order to recover released constituents by active transport. These nutrients are then reutilized to eithe...