Probiotic consortia for poultry gut health and environmental resistome control: a critical evaluation of the evidence gap
Poultry production forms a connected gut-manure environmental system in which resistant bacteria, antimicrobial-resistance genes (ARGs) and mobile genetic elements (MGEs) move from birds into litter, stored manure, soil, water and airborne particles. Host-associated probiotics could reduce dependence on antibiotic-driv...