Digestive and bacterial enzyme activities in broilers fed diets supplemented with Lactobacillus cultures

Poultry Science

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 886-891

  Jin, L Z ^b   Ho, Y W ^a   Abdullah, N ^a   Jalaludin, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bacterial enzymes; Broiler; Digestive enzymes; Lactobacillus; Probiotics

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GALLUS GALLUS; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS;

AMYLASE; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; PROBIOTIC AGENT; PROTEINASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CHICKEN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DIGESTION; ENZYMOLOGY; LACTOBACILLUS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SMALL INTESTINE; WEIGHT GAIN;

AMYLASES; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CHICKENS; DIET; DIGESTION; ENDOPEPTIDASES; GLUCURONIDASE; INTESTINE, SMALL; LACTOBACILLUS; LIPASE; PROBIOTICS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0034198593     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/79.6.886     Document Type: Article

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