Reduced protein diets helps shed light on necrotic enteritis disease

摘要

Necrotic enteritis disease is estimated to cost the global poultry industry US$6 billion annually (Wade and Keyburn, 2015). To shed more light on the disease, a new study was conducted by Dr Shubiao Wu at New England University in Australia to developan alternative treatment following the ban of antibiotic growth promoters. The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of a probiotic based on Bacillus amyloliquefaciens CECT 5940 in reduced crude protein (CP) diets to amend the negative impact of challenge.Consumption of diets containing high protein not only leads to increased nitrogen content of the digesta and excreta, but also to an enhanced substrate for C. perfringens growth (Lan et al., 2005; Timbermont et al., 2011).