Alternatives to Antibiotics
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Alternatives to antibiotic growth promoters in broiler production
Demand for animal-origin food products continues to increase to meet the dietary needs of a growing world population and the rising financial capacities of the inhabitants of several countries who can now afford to purchase more animal protein products. The constant growing demand for animal food... Continue reading...
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Impacts of Purslane (Portulaca oleracea) extract supplementation on growing Japanese quails' growth, carcass traits, blood indices, nutrients digestibility and gut microbiota
This work aimed to assess how Portulaca oleracea extract (POE) affected Japanese quail's growth, carcass features, blood parameters, digestibility coefficients, and microbiological aspects. A total of two hundred twenty-five 7-days-old Japanese quails were allotted into 5 experimental groups. Birds... Continue reading...
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Effects of Clostridium butyricum on intestinal environment and gut microbiome under Salmonella infection
Salmonellosis causes massive economic losses globally every year. Especially in poultry, numerous drug-resistant bacteria have emerged; thus, it is imperative to find alternatives to antibiotics. As a probiotic, Clostridium butyricum (C. butyricum) provides the latest strategy for inhibiting the... Continue reading...
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Effects of Bacillus subtilis and coccidiosis vaccine on growth indices and intestinal microbiota of broilers
Avian coccidiosis is the most serious parasitic disease in the poultry industry. Therefore, the aim of the current study was to explore the effects of B. subtilis and live coccidiosis vaccine alone or in combination on the production performance and anticoccidiosis, as well as the dynamic changes... Continue reading...
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Dietary essential oils improves the growth performance, antioxidant properties and intestinal permeability by inhibiting bacterial proliferation, and altering the gut microbiota of yellow-feather broilers
This experiment was conducted to investigate the antibacterial effects of essential oils (EO) in vitro and the influence of EO on growth performance, intestinal morphology and oxidation resistance and cecal microflora of yellow-feathered broilers. A total of 720 one-day-old male yellow feather... Continue reading...
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Comparing the potential of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens CGMCC18230 with antimicrobial growth promoters for growth performance, bone development, expression of phosphorus transporters, and excreta microbiome in broiler chickens
Bone health of broiler chickens is essential for welfare and production. In this study, the probiotic Bacillus amyloliquefaciens (BA) CGMCC18230 was compared with antimicrobial growth promoters (AGPs) for its ability to promote growth and bone health. To address this, a total of 180 Arbor Acres (AA... Continue reading...
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The effects of xylo-oligosaccharides on regulating growth performance, nutrient utilization, gene expression of tight junctions, nutrient transporters, and cecal short chain fatty acids profile in Eimeria-challenged broiler chickens
A 21-d experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of xylo-oligosaccharides (XOS) on growth performance, nutrient utilization, gene expression of tight junctions, nutrient transporters, and cecal short chain fatty acids (SCFA) profile of broiler chickens challenged with mixed Eimeria spp.... Continue reading...
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A mixture of organic acids and thymol protects primary chicken intestinal epithelial cells from Clostridium perfringens infection in vitro
Necrotic enteritis causes economic losses estimated to be up to 6 billion US dollars per year. Clinical and subclinical infections in poultry are also both correlated with decreased growth and feed efficiency. Moreover, in a context of increased antibiotic resistance, feed additives with enhanced... Continue reading...
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Punicalagin: a monomer with anti-Eimeria tenella effect from fruit peel of Punica granatum L.
Poultry production was long plagued by coccidiosis, and the development of alternative therapies will make practical sense. In this work, 2 battery experiments were designed. In battery experiment 1, the best effect of 7 anticoccidial herbs (Sophora japonica Linn, Citrus aurantium L, leaf of Acer... Continue reading...
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Prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility profiles of ESBL-producing Klebsiella Pneumoniae from broiler chicken farms in Shandong Province, China
Klebsiella pneumoniae (K. pneumoniae) is a conditionally pathogenic bacterium present in the intestinal or the respiratory tract of animals, and it is a common factor in acquired infections and a major threat to public health. Increased production of extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs) has... Continue reading...