Probiotic Effect of
Limosilactobacillus fermentum on Growth Performance and Competitive
Exclusion of Salmonella
Gallinarum in Poultry
Adnan Mehmood1,
Muhammad Nawaz*1, Masood Rabbani1 and Muhammad
Hassan Mushtaq2
1Institute
of Microbiology, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences,
Lahore, 54000, Pakistan
2Department
of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Veterinary and
Animal Sciences, Lahore, 54000, Pakistan
*Corresponding author:
muhammad.nawaz@uvas.edu.pk
Abstract
Fowl typhoid, an acute or chronic systemic
infection of poultry is caused by
Salmonella Gallinarum. It causes considerable economic losses in poultry in
different countries including Pakistan. The aim of this study was to evaluate
the effect of two previously characterized indigenous
Limosilactobacillus fermentum strains
(PC-10 and PC-76) on competitive exclusion of
Salmonella Gallinarum in poultry gut.
Day old chicks (n=90) were equally divided into six groups. Group 1 was kept as
negative control and group 2 was positive control. Birds in group 3, 4 and 5
were administered with Limosilactobacillus
fermentum strains PC-10, PC-76 and commercial probiotic, respectively from
day 1-35. Group 6 was treated with antibiotic (florfenicol 30mg/kg) following
the post infection of S. Gallinarum.
All experimental groups except the negative control were challenged with
S. Gallinarum (108CFU/bird)
on day 21. The effect of probiotics on gut microbiota;
Lactobacillus, total coliform and
Salmonella were enumerated before and after the administration of
challenge organism. Weight gain, feed conversion ratio and immune response to
Newcastle disease and infectious bursal disease vaccine were determined. The
results showed that Limosilactobacillus
fermentum PC-10 and PC-76 significantly (P˂0.05) decreased the growth of
S. Gallinarum (3.92±0.37 vs 3.99±0.22 log10CFU/g) in comparison to positive control group (6.88±0.2log10
CFU/g) on day 35.
The administration of these probiotics led to a significant increase in
Lactobacillus count (>2log10)
and reduction in coliforms count
(1-2log10)
in broilers. The probiotic fed groups exhibited less lesion scores and
mortality rates compared to positive control group. Moreover, the broiler bird
fed with Limosilactobacillus
fermentum PC-10 and PC-76 group
exhibited higher weight and immune response. Based on these findings, it
was concluded that Limosilactobacillus
fermentum PC-10 and PC-76 may be used as potential probiotics for targeted
mitigation of S. Gallinarum in
broilers.
To Cite This Article:
Mehmood A, Nawaz M,
Rabbani M and Mushtaq MH, 2023. Probiotic effect of
Limosilactobacillus fermentum on growth performance and competitive
exclusion of Salmonella gallinarum in
poultry. Pak Vet J, 43(4): 659-664. http://dx.doi.org/10.29261/pakvetj/2023.103