Dietary supplementation with berberine improves growth performance and modulates the composition and function of cecal microbiota in yellow-feathered broilers

This study investigated the effect of berberine (BBR) on growth performance and composition and function of cecal microbiota in yellow-feathered broilers. A total of 360 1-day-old female broilers were assigned to 3 dietary treatments, each with 6 replicates of 20 birds. The dietary treatments consis...

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Main Authors: Cui Zhu, Kaiyong Huang, Yinshan Bai, Xin Feng, Li Gong, Chuangxin Wei, Hanze Huang, Huihua Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-02-01
Series:Poultry Science
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032579120308476