Effects of dietary supplementation of probiotic, Clostridium butyricum, on growth performance, immune response, intestinal barrier function, and digestive enzyme activity in broiler chickens challenged with Escherichia coli K88

BACKGROUND: Colibacillosis caused by enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (E. coli) results in economic losses in the poultry industry. Antibiotics are usually used to control colibacillosis, however, E. coli has varying degrees of resistance to different antibiotics. Therefore the use of probiotics is...

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Autores principales: Zhang, Ling, Zhang, Lingling, Zhan, Xiu’an, Zeng, Xinfu, Zhou, Lin, Cao, Guangtian, Chen, An’guo, Yang, Caimei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4728939/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26819705
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40104-016-0061-4

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