Effect of Feeding Diets Containing an Antibiotic, a Probiotic, or Yucca Extract on Growth and Intestinal Urease Activity in Broiler Chicks

Poultry Science

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 381-385

  Yeo, Jinmo ^a,b   Kim, Kyu Il ^a  

^a Jeju National University   (South Korea)

^b Samyang Corporation   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Ammonia production; Antibiotic; Probiotic; Urease activity; Yucca extract

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; YUCCA;

AMMONIA; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; UREASE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; METABOLISM; STOMACH JUICE;

AMMONIA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKENS; FOOD, FORTIFIED; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; PLANT EXTRACTS; TETRACYCLINES; UREASE;

EID: 0031066191     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/76.2.381     Document Type: Article

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