Probiotics have potential to produce beneficial effects in poultry via modifications of the microbial population within the digestive tract. Probiotics have been particularly useful in the early stages of chick growth since the gut of the newly hatched chick is sterile and administering probiotics through water at this stage helps to build up beneficial bacteria much faster than the normal course.
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