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ArticlePoultry science2022

Comparative efficacy of postbiotic, probiotic, and antibiotic against necrotic enteritis in broiler chickens.

Wafaa A Abd El-Ghany, Mervat A Abdel-Latif, Fouad Hosny, Nayera M Alatfeehy, Ahmed E Noreldin, Rebecca R Quesnell, Robert Chapman, Lisa Sakai, Ahmed R Elbestawy

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Article in Poultry science, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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37 citing papers in PubMed, 79 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Wafaa A Abd El-GhanyPoultry Diseases Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University, 12211, Giza, Egypt.
Mervat A Abdel-LatifNutrition and Veterinary Clinical Nutrition Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Damanhour University, 22511, El-Beheira, Egypt.
Fouad HosnyPromovet Egypt Trade, Cairo, Egypt.
Nayera M AlatfeehyDepartment of Bacteriology, Reference Laboratory for Veterinary Quality Control on Poultry Production (RLQP), Animal Health Research Institute (AHRI), Agriculture Research Center (ARC), Dokki, 12618, Giza, Egypt.
Ahmed E NoreldinHistology and Cytology Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Damanhour University, 22511, El-Beheira, Egypt.
Rebecca R QuesnellTransagra International Inc., Storm Lake, 50588, Iowa, USA.
Robert ChapmanTransagra International Inc., Storm Lake, 50588, Iowa, USA.
Lisa SakaiTransagra International Inc., Storm Lake, 50588, Iowa, USA.
Ahmed R ElbestawyPoultry and Fish Diseases Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Damanhour University, 22511, El-Beheira, Egypt. Electronic address: ahmed.elbestawy@vetmed.dmu.edu.eg.
Buena Vista University · USDamanhour University · EGAnimal Health Research Institute · TWCairo University · EGNile Valley Engineering (Egypt) · EG

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Prevention of necrotic enteritis (NE), caused by Clostridium perfringens (C. perfringens), is one of the most important goals to improve the profitability of broiler chickens. This work aimed to compare the efficacy of 2 antibiotic alternatives including a postbiotic (dry feed additive and aqueous nonviable Lactobacillus (L.) species fermentation) and a probiotic (dry feed additive and aqueous Bacillus (B.) subtilis and B. lischeniformis mixture) with an antibiotic (amoxicillin in water) against NE. Four hundred, day-old broiler chicks were divided into 8 equal groups (Gs), n = 50 each (5 replicates; 10 each). Chickens of G1 (postbiotic dry-feed additive), G2 (postbiotic and antibiotic in drinking water), G3 (postbiotic dry and aqueous), G4 (probiotic dry-feed additive), G5 (probiotic and antibiotic in drinking water), G6 (probiotic dry and aqueous), and G7 (nontreated) were orally inoculated with a toxigenic C. perfringens type A on the d 19 to 21 of age and predisposed with 3X coccidial vaccine for induction of NE. However, chickens of G8 were kept nontreated or challenged. The severity of NE signs was markedly decreased in G3 in comparison with other challenged treatment groups, and the mortality rates were 22%, 10%, 16%, 22%, 12%, 20%, and 36% in Gs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7, respectively. The best significant (P ≤ 0.05) feed conversion ratio was detected in G3 (1.51), G6 (1.54), and G2 and G8 (1.61). In addition, the European production efficiency factor was significantly (P ≤ 0.05) improved in G3 (279.33) and G2 (266.67), but it was decreased in G7 (177.33) when compared with G8 (339.33). An improvement in intestinal and hepatic pathology and liver function tests, as well as a significant (P ≤ 0.05) decrease in bacterial counts were observed in Gs 2, 5, 3, 6, 1, and 4, respectively in comparison with G7. Immunologically, the highest significant (P ≤ 0.05) hemagglutination inhibition antibody titers for Newcastle disease virus vaccine were in Gs 1 and 3 (6.4 log

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Clostridium InfectionsDrinking WaterEnteritisPoultry DiseasesProbioticsAnimalsAnti-Bacterial AgentsChickensClostridium perfringensAnti-Bacterial AgentsDrinking Waterantibioticbroiler chickenC. perfringenspostbioticprobiotic

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PMID35809347
PMCPMC9272375
OpenAlexW4281972331

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