F&F Poultry No. 15174 Bacillus subtilis DSM 32315 (GutCare®) restores microbiota composition an promote performance in broilers under necrotic enteritis infection

Conclusions

• Overall, feeding B. subtilis DSM 32315 significantly improved feed efficiency and growth performance under enteric challenge conditions;
• Furthermore, dietary supplementation of B. subtilis DSM 32315 had beneficial effect attenuating the changes caused by the C. perfringens infection by increasing the frequency of Ruminococcus and unclassified members of the family Ruminococcaceae and partially restored the frequency of Bacteroides to a similar value as that of the uninfected group.