For decades, subtherapeutic doses of antibiotics have been used in poultry feed to promote growth by enhancing nutrient utilization and controlling invasive enteropathogens. However, since antibiotics are now inaccessible for poultry farming, alternative strategies are urgently needed to fill this gap. The current market has explored several antimicrobial alternatives, with prebiotics and probiotics emerging as promising replacements for antibiotics. The global probiotics in the animal feed market were estimated to be $4.4 billion in 2020 and are expected to reach $7.3 billion by 2030. Hence, the development of a probiotic, capable of controlling foodborne pathogens in chickens and improving their gut health, is expected to create opportunities for the US poultry industry to meet the global demand for poultry products produced in a safe and sustainable manner.
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