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ArticleVeterinary sciences2026

Efficacy of Early Feeding with Probiotic-Fermented Feed in Promoting Growth Performance, Immunity, Antioxidant Activity, Gene Expression, and Gut Integrity in Ostrich Chicks (

Haifa Ali Alqhtani, Hadeel A Almamoory, Huda A Alqahtani, Ahmed M Elbaz, Ahmed Sabry Arafa, Eman Kamel M Khalfallah, Fatmah A Safhi, Ahmed Ateya, Ayman Abd El-Aziz, Rowa K Zarah and 3 more

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Article in Veterinary sciences, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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13 authors.

Haifa Ali AlqhtaniDepartment of Biology, College of Science, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, P.O. Box 84428, Riyadh 11671, Saudi Arabia.
Hadeel A AlmamooryDepartment of Animal Production Techniques, Technical College of Al Musaib, Al Furat Al Awsat Technical University, Babylon 54003, Iraq.ORCID 0009-0006-9464-9223
Huda A AlqahtaniDepartment of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Ahmed M ElbazAnimal and Poultry Nutrition Department, Desert Research Center, Mataria, Cairo 11753, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0002-2207-8912
Ahmed Sabry ArafaPoultry Nutrition Department, Animal Production Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Ministry of Agriculture, Giza 12611, Egypt.ORCID 0009-0001-8649-4237
Eman Kamel M KhalfallahBiochemistry, Toxicology and Feed Deficiency Department, Animal Health Research Institute (AHRI), Agricultural Research Center (ARC), Dokki, Giza 12616, Egypt.
Fatmah A SafhiDepartment of Biology, College of Science, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, P.O. Box 84428, Riyadh 11671, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-0533-614X
Ahmed AteyaDepartment of Development of Animal Wealth, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35516, Egypt.
Ayman Abd El-AzizDepartment of Animal Wealth Development, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Damanhour University, Damanhour 22511, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0002-8306-0011
Rowa K ZarahDepartment of Biology, College of Science, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0009-0006-9705-2481
Ahmed H GhonaimAnimal and Poultry Nutrition Department, Desert Research Center, Mataria, Cairo 11753, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0002-6922-1798
AbdelRahman Y AbdelhadyPoultry Production Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Hadayek Shoubra, Cairo 11241, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0002-4444-0660
Mohamed MarzokDepartment of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, King Faisal University, P.O. Box 400, Al-Hofuf 31982, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-7961-1247

Funding

Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University Researchers Supporting Project number PNURSP2025R458
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of early feeding with probiotic-fermented feed on growth performance, intestinal microbiota structure, immune responses, and gene expression. Two hundred and forty-one-day-old African ostrich chicks were randomly divided into three groups (eight replicates/group). The control group was fed a basal diet (CON), whereas the PELF3 and PELF6 groups were fed the probiotic-fermented feed for the first 3 or 6 days post-hatching, respectively, after which, all chicks were fed the basal diet for 56 days. The results showed that adding PELF3 or PELF6 significantly enhanced body weight gain and the feed conversion ratio. Chicks fed PELF had higher superoxide dismutase (SOD,

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early feedingfermentationgene expressionimmunityintestinal integrityostrich performance

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PMID41745962
PMCPMC12945063

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