Lactobacillus rhamnosus Lr-32 and Reduced Severe Feather-Pecking Behavior

• Restorative effects of Lactobacillus rhamnosus LR-32 on the gut microbiota, barrier integrity, and 5-HT metabolism in reducing feather-pecking behavior in laying hens with antibiotic-induced dysbiosis

  • 2023-04-26
  • Clinical Trial
  • Frontiers in Microbiology 14
  • • Chen-xuan Huang
    • Qiao-xian Yue
    • Li Sun
    • K. Di
    • D. Yang
    • E. Hao
    • De-He Wang
    • Yi-fan Chen
    • Lei Shi
    • Rong-Yan Zhou
    • Guoxian Zhao
    • Hui Chen

  • PubMed: 37180262
  • DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1173804

  4 Insights on

  • Reduced Severe Feather-Pecking Behavior

  • Low evidence
  • Animal Study

  However, treatment with Lactobacillus rhamnosus LR-32 following antibiotic exposure significantly alleviated the decline in egg production performance and reduced SFP behavior.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Large

  Significant

  Yes