Since the antibiotic growth promoters (AGP) were banned, probiotics have become one of the increasinglye relevant products to be developed in the poultry industry. Probiotics can be supplemented orally, added to the diet or water (Abd El‐Hack et al. , 2020). Kook et al. (2019) stated that probiotics are additives that contain non-pathogenic microorganisms, can live and interact with microflora in the digestive tract. Probiotics have pharmacological effects such as antibacterial, anticancer, and antimutagenic (Yamazaki et al. , 2012; Zitvogel et al. , 2017). Probiotics as a feed additive can change the balance of microflora in the intestine, because the microbes in the intestine are dominated by microbes that are beneficial to the body so that pathogenic microbes can be suppressed and reduce the possibility of disease infection and also can increase nutrient absorption (Yadav and Jha, 2019 ). In addition, probiotics are able to increase the production of vitamin K, stimulate the immune system, and can detoxify toxins (mycotoxins) in the gastrointestinal tract (Śliżewska et al. , 2020).
Probiotics can affect health status because they can stimulate immune responses, inhibit pathogens (Ding et al. , 2020; Garcia-Gonzalez et al. , 2021), control diarrhea, and reduce cholesterol levels (Ding et al. , 2020). Commonly probiotic bacteria belong to the group lactic acid bacteria (LAB); Species of LAB includes genus Lactobacillus, Bifidobacterium, Pediococcus (Alhaag et al. , 2019), and Streptococcus are widely-used probiotics (Rahman et al. , 2016). The LAB can be obtained from the isolation of various sources, such as processed food products (fermented meat and fish, fermented milk, kimchi, pickles, yogurt), fermented feed (silage), organs of living things (digestive tract), and feces or excreta (Huang et al. , 2020; Garcia-Gonzalez et al. , 2021).
Isolation of LAB from excreta can reflect the group of bacteria present in the digestive tract (Huang et al. , 2020). Among farm animals, ducks are poultry that are susceptible to disease and have good digestibility of fiber feed (Han et al. , 2017; Ibrahim et al. , 2020). It is suspected that the role of the microbiota in the digestive tract in helping the absorption of feed nutrients and stimulating the immune response. Previous studies found Lactobacillus sp. as the most dominant bacteria isolated from chicken excreta (Yamazaki et al. , 2012; Aazami et al. , 2015; Robledo-Cardona et al. , 2018; Ludfiani et al. , 2020).
The aim of this study was to determine the potential probiotic properties of Lactobacillus and Lactococcus isolated from duck excreta for supplementing in poultry diets.
Since the antibiotic growth promoters (AGP)
were banned
, probiotics have become one of the
increasinglye
relevant products to
be developed
in the poultry industry. Probiotics can
be supplemented
orally
,
added
to the diet or water (
Abd
El‐Hack
et al.
,
2020). Kook et al. (2019) stated that probiotics are additives that contain non-pathogenic microorganisms, can
live
and interact with microflora in the digestive
tract
. Probiotics have pharmacological effects such as antibacterial, anticancer, and
antimutagenic
(
Yamazaki
et al.
,
2012;
Zitvogel
et al.
,
2017). Probiotics as a
feed
additive can
change
the balance of microflora in the intestine,
because
the microbes in the intestine
are dominated
by microbes that are beneficial to the body
so
that pathogenic microbes can
be suppressed
and
reduce
the possibility of disease infection and
also
can increase nutrient absorption (
Yadav
and
Jha
, 2019
)
.
In addition
, probiotics are able to increase the production of vitamin K, stimulate the immune system, and can detoxify toxins (
mycotoxins
) in the gastrointestinal
tract
(
Śliżewska
et al.
,
2020).
Probiotics can affect health status
because
they can stimulate immune responses, inhibit pathogens (Ding et al.
,
2020; Garcia-Gonzalez et al.
,
2021), control diarrhea, and
reduce
cholesterol levels (Ding et al.
,
2020).
Commonly
probiotic bacteria belong to the group lactic acid bacteria
(LAB)
; Species of
LAB
includes genus Lactobacillus, Bifidobacterium,
Pediococcus
(
Alhaag
et al.
,
2019), and Streptococcus are
widely
-
used
probiotics (Rahman et al.
,
2016). The
LAB
can
be obtained
from the isolation of various sources, such as processed food products (fermented meat and fish, fermented milk, kimchi, pickles, yogurt), fermented
feed
(silage), organs of living things (digestive
tract)
, and feces or excreta (Huang et al.
,
2020; Garcia-Gonzalez et al.
,
2021).
Isolation of
LAB
from excreta can reflect the group of bacteria
present
in the digestive
tract
(Huang et al.
,
2020). Among farm animals, ducks are poultry that are susceptible to disease and have
good
digestibility of fiber
feed
(Han et al.
,
2017; Ibrahim et al.
,
2020). It
is suspected
that the role of the microbiota in the digestive
tract
in helping the absorption of
feed
nutrients and stimulating the immune response. Previous studies found Lactobacillus
sp
. as the most dominant bacteria isolated from chicken excreta (
Yamazaki
et al.
,
2012;
Aazami
et al.
,
2015;
Robledo-Cardona
et al.
,
2018;
Ludfiani
et al.
,
2020).
The aim of this study was to determine the potential probiotic properties of Lactobacillus and
Lactococcus
isolated from duck excreta for supplementing in poultry diets.