This study was conducted to examine the effects of Intermittent feeding programme (IFP) and Bacillus subtilis-based probiotic (BSP) addition in diet on liver malic enzyme and isocitrate dehydrogenase activity, lipid metabolism and performance in broiler chickens. Five hundred and four one-day old male broiler chicks were randomly allocated in four experimental treatments (T1, T2, T3 and T4). Gr...

an in vivo experiment was conducted to study the effects of probiotic bacillus coagulans spores, with and without prebiotic, inulin, on gastrointestinal (gi) microbiota of healthy rats and its potentiality to survive in the gi tract. forty-eight male wistar rats were randomly divided into four groups (n=12) and fed as follows: standard diet (control), standard diet supplied with 5% w/w long cha...

OBJECTIVES The objective of this study is to provide details on probiotic supplement use among young children in Taiwan. PARTICIPANTS AND METHODS This study is based on the Taiwan Birth Cohort Study database. We used questionnaires to collect information on probiotic supplement use among young children from birth to 18 months of age, while also considering their demographic characteristics an...

An in vivo experiment was conducted to study the effects of probiotic Bacillus coagulans spores, with and without prebiotic, inulin, on gastrointestinal (GI) microbiota of healthy rats and its potentiality to survive in the GI tract. Forty-eight male Wistar rats were randomly divided into four groups (n=12) and fed as follows: standard diet (control), standard diet supplied with 5% w/w long cha...

This study was conducted to investigate the effects of different levels of dried whey and protexin probiotic on the productive performance, carcass trait and blood parameters of broiler chickens. In this study, 360, one-day old male and female commercial Ross 308 broiler chickens of mixed gender were used in a randomized design with four treatment (six replicated in each treatment and 15 birds/...