Delivery routes for probiotics: Effects on broiler performance, intestinal morphology and gut microflora

Four delivery routes, via, feed, water, litter and oral gavage, were examined for their efficacy in delivering a novel probiotic of poultry origin, Lactobacillus johnsonii, to broilers. Seven treatments of 6 replicates each were allocated using 336 one-day-old Cobb broiler chicks. The treatments con...

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Main Authors: Chen G. Olnood, Sleman S.M. Beski, Paul A. Iji, Mingan Choct
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2015-09-01
Series:Animal Nutrition
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405654515300032