Effects of dietary graded levels of cinnamon essential oil and its combination with bamboo leaf flavonoid on immune function, antioxidative ability and intestinal microbiota of broilers

Cinnamon essential oil (CEO) and its combination with bamboo leaf flavonoid (BLF) have been shown to exhibit an additive antibacterial effect in vitro, but their functions in broilers were not clear. An experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of dietary graded levels of CEO and its combi...

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Main Authors: Yun-feng YANG, Lu-lu ZHAO, Yu-xin SHAO, Xiu-dong LIAO, Li-yang ZHANG, Lin LU, Xu-gang LUO
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-09-01
Series:Journal of Integrative Agriculture
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095311919625669