Dr. Ahmed Mohammed: Probiotics and Antibiotic Resistance in Broilers | Ep. 04

The Poultry Health Blackbelt Podcast · Oct 14, 2026 · 15m

I'm Dr. David Swayne, and I’m excited to host my first episode of The Poultry Health Blackbelt Podcast! Very excited to embark on this journey with you. In this episode, I’m joined by Dr. Ahmed Mohammed, a postdoctoral researcher at Purdue University and Assistant Professor at Assiut University, to discuss how probiotics and gut microbiome management may support efforts to address antimicrobial resistance in broilers. He covers evidence of resistance genes appearing early in chicks, how they may increase during production, and why responsible antibiotic use, biosecurity, vaccination…