Pro- and antibiotics in synergy against necrotic enteritis

New US field studies show that, in broilers induced with necrotic enteritis (NE), combining probiotics and in-feed antibiotics leads to better production performance than treatment with ?antibiotics alone. Two NE challenge studies conducted at Southern Poultry Research in Athens, Georgia were designed to closely reflect conditions in commercial US poultry complexes. The purpose of the studies was to evaluate the impact on broiler performance with the addition of a probiotic supplement containin