Peculiarities of the composition of the digestive microbiota in poultry with fodder contamination with glyphosate

Abstract

Relevance. The gastrointestinal tract in poultry is vulnerable to different irritators from food and water to medicals. That is why the mortality due to diseases of the digestive system may be as much as 30%. It has been established that about 600–900 bacteria species inhabit the poultry gastrointestinal tract. Microflora of healthy organism is a complex and balanced symbiotic microecosystem with normal metabolic characteristics. In addition to normoflora poultry gastroinrestinal tract is populated by opportunistic pathogenic and pathogenic microflora, which may be hazardous to the host.Methods. The issues regarded to establishing limits of different bacteria had been understudied until 2016. “Biotrof+” Ltd. was first to estimate threshold values for different groups of microorganisms under normal and pathological conditions.Results. Experiments proved that one of factors that may affect the structure of poultry microbiome are pesticide residues in feed. The trial on broilers fed with glyphosate showed that the microflora structure was altered by the pesticide significantly: the amount of staphylococci increased 5 times, enterobacteria increased 1,5 times, the amount of beneficial bacteria decreased. Supplementing the glyphosate contaminated feed with probiotic “Probiocid-Ultra” promoted to significant decrease in the opportunistic pathogenic and pathogenic microflora. Compared to the negative control the broilers average live weight fed with probiotic “ProbiocidUltra” was 1,0% higher. That may be the demonstration of the fact that negative effect of pesticide residues on poultry health and productivity can be minimized by supplementing feed with probiotics.