How did antibiotic growth promoters increase growth and feed efficiency in poultry?

ABSTRACT: It has been hypothesized that reducing the bioenergetic costs of gut inflammation as an explanation for the effect of antibiotic growth promoters (AGPs) on animal efficiency, framing some observations but not explaining the increase in growth rate or the prevention of infectious diseases....

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Main Authors: Mariano Enrique Fernández Miyakawa, Natalia Andrea Casanova, Michael H. Kogut
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-02-01
Series:Poultry Science
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032579123007976