Shiitakes supply poultry probiotics

The current (September 2007) issue of Poultry Science has an article on SAES research conducted by Dr. Willie Willis of the Department of Animal Sciences that involved contributions from an SAES food scientist and a mushroom specialist. Willis published findings from a “Performance Assessment of Broiler Chickens Given Mushroom Extract Alone or in Combination with Probiotics,” which evaluated shiitake mushroom extracts as a feed supplement. The experiment compared shiitake extract, provided by Dr. Omon Isikhuemhen, treated with probiotics with shiitake untreated shiitake extract. Dr. Salam Ibrahim evaluated the comparative level of fecal biofidobacteria in the control and mushroom extract treatment.

Posted September 19, 2007 04:17 PM

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