USE OF PROBIOTICS FOR THE PREVENTION OF BACTERIAL INFECTIONS IN BROILER CHICKENS
Abstract
Antibiotics have been the most widely used additives to improve feed conversion, growth rate and bird health, increasing both the productivity and profitability of traditional commercial poultry farming. However, antimicrobial-resistant strains of bacteria originating from animals have become an increasingly serious problem over the years, especially with regard to transmission through food or direct contact with animals. Other potential threats to food safety associated with the treatment of animals with antibiotics include increased allergic reactions and the ineffectiveness of antibiotic treatment in humans Production studies were conducted at PJSC "Myronivska Poultry Factory" of Cherkasy Oblast, Cherkasy District, in the period of September 2023. The aim of the work was to determine the sensitivity of bacteria to antibiotics, the antagonistic activity of the probiotic B. coagulans ALM 86 in relation to the causative agents of bacterial infections of poultry. The sensitivity to antibiotics was studied by the disc method on meat-peptone agar. 24 antibiotics from different groups were studied to cover the maximum spectrum. According to the results of the conducted research, it was established that out of 24 tested, sensitivity was shown to four drugs. It was established that B. coagulans at a dilution of 1×109, CFU/g showed maximum antagonistic properties. Growth retardation in samples with B. coagulans at a dilution of 1×107, CFU/g was greater than with E. faecium – by 148.63%; C. jejuni – by 155.67%; E. coli – by 180.61%; E. faecalis – by 141.59%; L. monocytogenes – by 148.67%; S aureus – by 117.92%; S. enterica – by 222.44%, compared to the control. In studies with B. coagulans 1×109, CFU/g, the demarcation zone was larger compared to 1×105, CFU/g around E. faecium – by 274.0%; C. jejuni – by 264.4%; E. coli – by 369.3%; E. faecalis – by 250.51%; L. monocytogenes – by 193.75%; S aureus – by 278.5%; S. enterica – by 387.48%. The prospect of further research is the study of the therapeutic effectiveness of the use of B. coagulans for the prevention of bacterial diseases in broiler chickens.
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