Influence of probiotic and medicinal plants incorporated in animal feed formulations
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.46947/joaasr322021143Keywords:
Probiotics, animal feed, LactobacillusAbstract
Antibiotics used in animal feed to prevent various microbial diseases leads to antibiotic
resistance. Such resistances will not only occur in pathogenic bacterial species but can also be
transferred to humans during the consumption of animal products. Long term usages of antibiotics lead
to suppress the natural immunity. Replacing of commercial antibiotics with probiotics, edible medicinal
plant material could benefit the poultry animals health and consumers without any negative effects.
Sporolactobacillus laveolacticus MTCC 7167, a spore forming bacteria were screened for its probiotic
characteristics in sustaining at acidic and bile environments. Three medicinal plants such as Tinospora
cordifolia, Abutilon indicum, Holoptelea integrifolia were selected and screened for their antimicrobial
property to be used as a value added natural material incorporated in animal feed. The aim of this study
was to develop an effective antimicrobial and probiotic animal feed with immune-modulatory potential
using the agricultural wastes.