Improving egg production with novel postbiotic

Recently, a novel category of feed additives has been introduced: postbiotic. The International Scientific Association for Probiotics and...

Recently, a novel category of feed additives has been introduced: postbiotics. The International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics (ISAPP) defined postbiotic as a “preparation of inanimate microorganisms and/or their components that confer a health benefit on the host ”.

All over the world, egg production is gaining popularity and importance, mainly fuelled by increasing egg consumption.

• Therefore, there are some challenges that producers need to overcome to fulfill consumer demands.
• The most urgent challenges are related to eggshell quality and hen life span.

Dietary interventions like the feeding of fermented feeds, fiber, probiotics, prebiotics, and postbiotics are acceptable means for influencing the gut microbiota and its metabolic activity.

In laying hens, inclusion of postbiotics in the diet to maintain/improve productivity and egg quality has been