Growth performance and cecal microbiota of broiler chicks as affected by drinking water disinfection and/or herbal extract blend supplementation

ABSTRACT: Environmental exposures during early life are important for animals’ intestinal microbiota composition and their production performance. This experiment investigated the growth performance, hematology parameters, jejunal morphology, and cecal microbiota of broiler chicks as affected by exo...

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Main Authors: Wei Shuang Meng, Qiangqiang Zou, Yingying Xiao, Wei Ma, Jiawen Zhang, Tieliang Wang, Desheng Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-07-01
Series:Poultry Science
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032579123002298