Prophybiotics for in-ovo stimulation; validation of effects on gut health and production of broiler chickens.

Probiotics and phytobiotics have demonstrated effective improvement of gut health in broiler chickens when individually administered in-ovo.However,their combined use in ovo, has not been studied to date. We coined the term “prophybiotic” (probiotic+phytobiotic) for such a combination. The current study therefore, aimed to elucidate the effects of combined use of a selected probiotic and a phytobiotic in ovo, on broiler gut health and production parameters, as opposed to use of probiotics alone.