Oral lavage with polyethylene glycol reduces microbial colonization in the gastrointestinal tract of broilers

Poultry Science

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 585-589

  Farhat, A ^a   Maddox, C W ^a   Edwards, M E ^a   Costell, M H ^a   Hadley, J A ^a   Vasilatos Younken, R ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial count; Feed withdrawal; Gastro intestinal tract emptying; Polyethylene glycol

Indexed keywords

AVES; BACILLI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GALLUS GALLUS; NEGIBACTERIA;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AVIAN CROP; CECUM; CHICKEN; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; STOMACH JUICE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CECUM; CHICKENS; CROP, AVIAN; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS;

EID: 0036528093     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/81.4.585     Document Type: Article

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