Do probiotics affect the behavior of turkey poults?

Research Abstract

With the concept that measuring behavior is often the first step to take when studying how the brainoperates, this study was conducted to investigate the effect of probiotic on turkey poult's behaviorwhich will confirm the new concept that gut microbes can influence the brain. Ecobiol® probiotic,spores of Bacillus amyloliquefaciensand a carrier as serum of milk with a minimum guaranteed 1×1010CFU/g was given with a dose of 0.01 g/day for each bird in the drinking water to group (P; n=350) andthe other group (C; n=350) were kept as controls. Behavioral observations were carried out by directpersonal observation without bird disturbance from outside the pen with a good view over the wholepen. Maintenance, comfort behavior, kinesis and agonestic behaviors were recorded. The obtained results indicated that probiotics increased the feeding frequency and duration and decreased distresscall and aggressive behaviors in turkey poults.  

Research Keywords

probiotic- turkey-behaviour