Application of Yeast Beta-Glucans in Poultry Industry
Introduction One of the biggest and fastest-growing industries in the world is chicken, and the abundance of pathogenic microorganisms makes practical management difficult and results in large financial losses (Anwar et al., 2017). Yeast cell wall (YCW)-glucans are used in chicken’s feed to overcome the aforementioned constraints. The food containing β-glucans can improve growth performance (Cho et al., 2013), promote macrophage phagocytosis following bacterial infection (Chen et al., 2008), and lessen the severity of enteric pathogen infection (Huff et al., 2006; Shao et al., 2013). Even at low doses, consumers generally accept that the use of yeast-glucans is more beneficial than