Yeast culture promotes the production of aged laying hens by improving intestinal digestive enzyme activities and the intestinal health status

Yeast culture (YC) positively affects the performance of laying hens. The purpose of the present study was to explore the underlying mechanism for the YC-mediated performance improvement. Sixty 67-week-old Hy-Line Brown laying hens were randomly allocated into 2 experimental groups with 5 replicates...

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Main Authors: Jia-Cai Zhang, Peng Chen, Cong Zhang, Mahmoud Mohamed Khalil, Ni-Ya Zhang, De-Sheng Qi, You-Wei Wang, Lv-Hui Sun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-04-01
Series:Poultry Science
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032579119578142