Greg Connors Thank you for your comment, Greg. we haven't done experiments with LAB gel. Although, we have used a spray cabinet with LAB solution. It worked very well to manipulate the intestinal microbiota at day of hatch toward LAB growth. Now, we are working on the 16S results for this experiment. I will get more insights into it soon.
Greg Connors commercial application of gel is not something which is studied much rather spray applications of LAB is more practiced, but in my view for getting proper beneficial results we must need to study combination of aerobes and anaerobes as there is variable PH and oxygen tention in poultry gut if it is not so we will not supposed to find clostridia from gut, so if you elaborate the purpose of study I.e. wether you want to establish benefit drawn by LAB or you want to get something which will work will help a lot.
Very nice work it is to get microflora of the chicks in hatchery, which is a good idea and would help in developing correct microflora for chicken. It is nice work.