Effect of Antibiotic Growth Promoters and Anticoccidials on Growth of Clostridium perfringens in the Caeca and on Performance of Broiler Chickens

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 433-441

  Elwinger, K ^a   Berndtson, E ^a   Engstrom B ^b   Fossum, O ^b   Waldenstedt, L ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

antibacterials; feed additives; necrotic enteritis; supplements

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AVILAMYCIN; AVOPARCIN; COCCIDIOSTATIC AGENT; GLYCOPEPTIDE; GROWTH PROMOTOR; IONOPHORE; LACTONE; MADURAMICIN; MONENSIN; NARASIN; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; PYRAN DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIRD DISEASE; CECUM; CHICKEN; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CECUM; CHICKENS; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; COCCIDIOSTATS; GLYCOPEPTIDES; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; IONOPHORES; LACTONES; MONENSIN; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; POULTRY DISEASES; PYRANS; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 0032247073     PISSN: 0044605X     EISSN: 17510147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03547769     Document Type: Article

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