Dietary supplementation with Clostridium butyricum improves growth performance of broilers by regulating intestinal microbiota and mucosal epithelial cells

Clostridium butyricum has been widely considered an antibiotic substitute in recent years. It can promote growth performance, improve the immune response and enhance the intestinal barrier function of the host. In the present study, 1-d-old Arbor Acres (AA) broilers were fed C. butyricum (1 × 109 cf...

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Main Authors: Laipeng Xu, Xiangli Sun, Xianhua Wan, Keke Li, Fuchun Jian, Wenting Li, Ruirui Jiang, Ruili Han, Hong Li, Xiangtao Kang, Yanbin Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2021-12-01
Series:Animal Nutrition
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405654521001062