ArticleProbiotics and antimicrobial proteins2026
Hematological, Histological, and NMR Analysis of Meat Quality and Growth Performance of Broilers Fed with Probiotics Bacillus licheniformis-Supplemented Poultry Feed.
Article in Probiotics and antimicrobial proteins, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
1 citing paper in PubMed.
- Probiotics and Their Antimicrobial Metabolites: A Collegial Strategy for Food Bio-Preservation - A Review.Food science & nutrition · 2025Review
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
9 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
The present study evaluated the effect of probiotics (Bacillus licheniformis) on the growth pattern, hematological parameters, metabolic profile, and meat quality of broiler birds. Total of 75 Ross 308 broiler chicks were divided into three groups (25 broilers in each) and fed with poultry feed supplemented with probiotics (15 g/ton of feed for starter diet and 35 g/ton for grower diet), antibiotic (amoxicillin 900 mg/ton of feed) and basal poultry feed, respectively, for 5 weeks. The broilers of control group exhibited higher feed conversion rate (FCR), i.e., 1.932 ± 0.10 followed by the FCR of antibiotic group (1.84 ± 0.10) and probiotic (1.714 ± 0.10) group broilers. It indicated that the chicks fed with probiotic rich feed gained more weight while ingesting comparatively less quantity of feed. The difference in weight of body organs (heart, liver, spleen, and gallbladder) among all groups showed no significant change (p > 0.05). However, significant difference of intestinal length was observed; control group with longest intestine (213.5 ± 15.22 cm) and probiotic group with shortest intestine of length 194 ± 5.51 cm. Moreover, probiotics group showed an improved temperature (30.75 ± 1.75 °C) and pH (6.05 ± 0.05) in meat after 20 min of slaughter. The breast muscles of probiotic group chickens exhibited greater cooking loss, yellowness (b*) (13.15 ± 2.23) and lightness (L*) (53.9 ± 1.6) with reduced redness (a*) (12.305 ± 1.35) and shear force (17.265 ± 0.82) compared to the control and antibiotic-treated group. The histological examination of probiotics group chickens pectoral muscles indicated significant (p < 0.05) increase in fascicle diameter (654.08 ± 5.55 µm) and fiber density (29.26 ± 0.65 n/µm) of meat compared to the antibiotics and control group. Probiotic-treated chickens showed improved intestinal health while the blood glucose level of the probiotics group chicken was reported to be higher. Metabolic analysis of leg and breast meat of chickens fed with probiotics supplemented feed with 600 MHz 1H-NMR spectra revealed 23 identified metabolites, of which seven metabolites (carnitine, phenylalanine, histidine, O-acetylcarnitine, omega 3 fatty acid, uridine, lactate) were only reported in probiotics group. The findings suggest that B. licheniformis enhances growth, carcass yield, organ weights, meat quality, and overall health of broiler birds. Consequently, Bacillus licheniformis can be utilized as a substitute growth promoter instead of antibiotics.
Indexed as
Identifiers
40788455What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.