Lactobacillus salivarius and Reduced Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Abundance

• Lactobacillus salivarius D5 improves growth performance and immune function in broilers by reducing Escherichia coli abundance and regulating the gut microbiota.

  • 2026-06
  • Clinical Trial
  • Poultry science 105(6)
  • • Yingting You
    • Yonglong Zhu
    • Deshi Shi
    • Xiang Li
    • Muhammad Akhtar
    • Lizhen Ren
    • Guilin Fu
    • Yingying Chen
    • Qiujing Chen
    • Naiji Zhou
    • Zutao Zhou
    • Yuncai Xiao

  • PubMed: 41905065
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.psj.2026.106768

  5 Insights on

  • Reduced Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Abundance

  • Moderate evidence

  16S rRNA sequencing and absolute quantification consistently demonstrated that D5 effectively inhibited E. coli proliferation in the intestine, particularly in the duodenum (P < 0.05).

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes