<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Heat-related stress has become a serious problem in poultry industry along with the global temperatures rise. Heat stress causes detrimental effects on physiology, immunology and microbiology resulting in abnormalities and impaired performances of birds. Several nutritional strategies have been conducted to counteract the detrimental effects of heat stress in poultry, including dietary supplementation of probiotics. This strategy has been proposed to ameliorate the intestinal ecosystem, physiological conditions and immune system, leading to the improved performance and health of birds subjected to heat stress. This review presents the potential benefits of probiotics against heat stress in poultry from the viewpoint of intestinal microbial ecology, morphology and structure, physiological conditions, immune system and production performances. The possible mechanisms through which probiotics may give beneficial impacts on heat-stressed birds are also discussed along with the data reporting the possible drawbacks of using probiotics in heat-stressed poultry.</p></abstract>

Heat-related stress has become a serious problem in poultry industry along with the global temperatures rise. Heat stress causes detrimental effects on physiology, immunology and microbiology resulting in abnormalities and impaired performances of birds. Several nutritional strategies have been conducted to counteract the detrimental effects of heat stress in poultry, including dietary supplementation of probiotics. This strategy has been proposed to ameliorate the intestinal ecosystem, physiological conditions and immune system, leading to the improved performance and health of birds subjected to heat stress. This review presents the potential benefits of probiotics against heat stress in poultry from the viewpoint of intestinal microbial ecology, morphology and structure, physiological conditions, immune system and production performances. The possible mechanisms through which probiotics may give beneficial impacts on heat-stressed birds are also discussed along with the data reporting the possible drawbacks of using probiotics in heat-stressed poultry.

Dietary supplementation of probiotics in poultry exposed to heat stress – a review

Annals of Animal Science

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Heat-related stress has become a serious problem in poultry industry along with the global temperatures rise. Heat stress causes detrimental effects on...

Dietary supplementation of probiotics in poultry exposed to heat stress – a review

Article Category: Review

Published Online: Aug 01, 2017

Page range: 591 - 604

Received: Jan 12, 2016

Accepted: Oct 06, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/aoas-2016-0062

Keywords
poultry, heat stress, probiotics, performance, health

© by Sugiharto Sugiharto

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Dietary supplementation of probiotics in poultry exposed to heat stress – a review

Article Category: Review

Published Online: Aug 01, 2017

Page range: 591 - 604

Received: Jan 12, 2016

Accepted: Oct 06, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/aoas-2016-0062

Keywordspoultry, heat stress, probiotics, performance, health

© by Sugiharto Sugiharto

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
poultry, heat stress, probiotics, performance, health