Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Reduced Stress Response

• Effects of supplementing yeast fermentate in the feed or drinking water on stress susceptibility, plasma chemistry, cytokine levels, antioxidant status, and stress- and immune-related gene expression of broiler chickens.

  • 2020-07
  • RCT
  • Poultry science 99(7)
  • • Jill R Nelson
    • Eric B Sobotik
    • Giridhar Athrey
    • Gregory S Archer

  • PubMed: 32616224
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.psj.2020.03.037

  3 Insights on

  • Reduced Stress Response

  • Low evidence
  • Animal Study

  Adding yeast fermentate to the feed or drinking water reduced measures of stress and MC2R gene expression in birds exposed to acute and rearing stressors.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes