Effects of dietary postbiotic and inulin on growth performance, IGF1 and GHR mRNA expression, faecal microbiota and volatile fatty acids in broilers

• Main Authors: Kareem, Karwan Yaseen, Loh, Teck Chwen, Foo, Hooi Ling, Akit, Henny, Samsudin, Anjas Asmara @ Ab Hadi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: BioMed Central 2016
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/52395/1/52395.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/52395/; https://bmcvetres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12917-016-0790-9
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Background: Postbiotics (metabolic products by lactic acid bacteria) and prebiotics have been established as substitute to antibiotics in order to enhance immunity and growth performance in broiler chickens. Nonetheless, insufficient information is available on the effects of postbiotics and prebiot...