Diet medication and beta-glucanase affect ileal digesta soluble beta-glucan molecular weight, carbohydrate fermentation, and performance of coccidiosis vaccinated broiler chickens given wheat-based diets

Exogenous enzymes as alternatives to feed antibiotics in poultry has become an emerging research area with the emergence of antibiotic resistance. The objective was to evaluate the effects of diet medication (antibiotics) and β-glucanase (BGase) on digesta soluble β-glucan depolymerization, carbohyd...

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Main Authors: Namalika D. Karunaratne, Henry L. Classen, Andrew G. van Kessel, Michael R. Bedford, Nancy P. Ames, Rex W. Newkirk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2023-12-01
Series:Animal Nutrition
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S240565452300118X