SYNBIO and Improved Eggshell Quality

• Influence of synbiotic supplementation on performance, fecal consistency, cecal microbiome, and egg quality of hens during late laying phase.

  • 2026-06
  • RCT · n = 240
  • Poultry science 105(6)
  • • Koonphol Pongmanee
    • Konkawat Rassmidatta
    • Ting-Yu Lee
    • Jin-Seng Lin
    • Chanporn Chaosap
    • Kazeem D Adeyemi
    • Yuwares Ruangpanit

  • PubMed: 41916054
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.psj.2026.106851

  3 Insights on

  • Improved Eggshell Quality

  • High evidence

  it significantly reduced feed intake (P = 0.036). It also improved eggshell quality by decreasing the proportion of cracked eggs (P = 0.014) and increasing eggshell weight (P = 0.049) and shell thickness (P = 0.031).

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes