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A total of 1000 Ross 308 male broilers were randomly allocated to one of five dietary treatments with eight replicates of 25 broilers each. The experimental treatments were: 1. CON (basal diet), 2. ENR (basal diet + Enradin\u00ae 100 g\/ton), 3. PF (basal diet + Probion-forte\u00a9 300 g\/ton), 4. PF+ EB (basal diet + Probion-forte\u00a9 and EndoBan FT\u00ae 250 and 250 g\/ton, respectively), 5. CPP (basal diet + CRINA\u00ae Poultry Plus 300 g\/ton). Broilers fed with eubiotic-supplemented diets showed significantly ameliorated growth performance compared with the control group (CON p &lt; 0.05). Carcass weight was also significantly higher in broilers fed with eubiotics than those fed CON (the basal diet, p &lt; 0.05). Gut structure analysis showed an increased villus height and mucosal thickness in the duodenum of eubiotic-treated groups (p &lt; 0.05). The mixed supplementation of Probion-forte\u00a9 and EndoBan\u00ae(PF-EB) induced greater villus height and mucosal thickness in the jejunum and ileum (p &lt; 0.05). Additionally, supplementation with PPR (CRINA\u00ae Poultry Plus) increased crypt depth in the duodenum and jejunum (p &lt; 0.05), whereas PF (Probion-forte\u00a9) improved the villus height-to-crypt depth ratio in the duodenum and ileum (p &lt; 0.05). Consequently, dietary supplementation with these commercial eubiotics, individually and in combination, could ameliorate productive performance, carcass yield, skin pigmentation, and gut structure in broilers.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ani16121838","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,15]],"date-time":"2026-06-15T08:57:58Z","timestamp":1781513878000},"page":"1838","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Could Different Eubiotics Improve Gut Health, Growth Performance, Carcass Yield, and Skin Pigmentation in Broilers Fed Sorghum\u2013Soybean-Based Diets?"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"16","author":[{"given":"Osiris Napole\u00f3n","family":"P\u00e9rez-Segura","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Centro de Ense\u00f1anza, Investigaci\u00f3n y Extensi\u00f3n en Producci\u00f3n Av\u00edcola CEIEPAv, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Nacional Aut\u00f3noma de M\u00e9xico, Tl\u00e1huac, Ciudad de M\u00e9xico 13300, Mexico"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Arturo","family":"Cort\u00e9s-Cuevas","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centro de Ense\u00f1anza, Investigaci\u00f3n y Extensi\u00f3n en Producci\u00f3n Av\u00edcola CEIEPAv, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Nacional Aut\u00f3noma de M\u00e9xico, Tl\u00e1huac, Ciudad de M\u00e9xico 13300, Mexico"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Gabriela","family":"G\u00f3mez-Verduzco","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Departamento de Medicina y Zootecnia de Aves, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria, Universidad Nacional Aut\u00f3noma de M\u00e9xico, Ciudad Universitaria, Ciudad de M\u00e9xico 04510, Mexico"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ernesto","family":"Avila-Gonz\u00e1lez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centro de Ense\u00f1anza, Investigaci\u00f3n y Extensi\u00f3n en Producci\u00f3n Av\u00edcola CEIEPAv, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Nacional Aut\u00f3noma de M\u00e9xico, Tl\u00e1huac, Ciudad de M\u00e9xico 13300, Mexico"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,15]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1906","DOI":"10.1016\/j.psj.2019.12.011","article-title":"Microbiome and pathogen interaction with the immune system","volume":"99","author":"Kogut","year":"2020","journal-title":"Poult. 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