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ReviewMicroorganisms2025

A Narrative Review on the Impact of Probiotic Supplementation on Muscle Development, Metabolic Regulation, and Fiber Traits Related to Meat Quality in Broiler Chickens.

Robert Herich, Renáta Szabóová, Viera Karaffová, Maria Paula Racines, Miroslava Anna Šefcová, Marco Larrea-Álvarez

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Review in Microorganisms, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Dietary supplementation with a multi-strainVeterinary and animal science · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Robert HerichDepartment of Morphological Disciplines, University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice, 041 81 Košice, Slovakia.
Renáta SzabóováDepartment of Biology and Physiology, University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice, 041 81 Košice, Slovakia.
Viera KaraffováDepartment of Morphological Disciplines, University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice, 041 81 Košice, Slovakia.ORCID 0000-0002-8424-367X
Maria Paula RacinesFacultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Carrera de Medicina, Universidad Espíritu Santo, Samborondón 092301, Ecuador.
Miroslava Anna ŠefcováFacultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Carrera de Medicina, Universidad Espíritu Santo, Samborondón 092301, Ecuador.ORCID 0000-0001-5650-3887
Marco Larrea-ÁlvarezFacultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Carrera de Medicina, Universidad Espíritu Santo, Samborondón 092301, Ecuador.ORCID 0000-0002-6795-3282

Funding

Slovak Research and Development Agency APVV-21-0129Universidad de Especialidades Espíritu Santo UEES 2023-MED-003
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Public concern over drug resistance has led to governmental regulations banning the use of antibiotics as growth promoters, stimulating interest in developing complementary strategies to maintain animal production, mitigate infections, and enhance muscle characteristics and quality parameters, especially in meat-producing animals. Probiotics are recognized as a potential strategy for improving growth, primarily by promoting intestinal homeostasis. These microorganisms are suggested to modulate gut microbiota, preserving their ecosystem and influencing secondary metabolite production, which can directly or indirectly regulate skeletal muscle metabolism by influencing the expression of key muscle-related genes and the activity of various signaling factors. Several studies have documented the potential benefits of various strains of

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broiler chickensgut–muscle axismeat quality parametersmuscle fiber typeperformanceprobioticsskeletal muscle

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PMID40284621
PMCPMC12029878

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