Microbiome stability in modern broilers

Optimal intestinal health, a better welfare and thus a higher sustainability of poultry production can be achieved by successfully maintaining stability of the gut microbiome. Knowledge about the gut microbiome has increased tremendously in both humans and animals. For humans, the microbiome is approximately 1.5kg of bacteria that we carry every day. These bacteria and other micro-organisms part of the gut microbiota are mainly favourable to humans and are acting at the interface of the externa