Effects of administering phytogenic additives and antibiotics to unchallenged nursery piglets: A meta-analytic approach

ABSTRACT A meta-analysis was employed to assess the effects of phytogenic feed additives and antibiotics on the performance and intestinal morphometry of unchallenged weanling pigs. The database included 41 articles published between 2004 and 2017, comprising 5,197 unchallenged nursery piglets. Pigl...

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Main Authors: Letícia Galvão Matoso, Vitoria Weege, Charlise Campos Primieri, Anna Paula Holzmann Mass, Edilson Andrade, Cheila Roberta Lehnen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Zootecnia 2024-02-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982024000100701&tlng=en