Influence of a propionic acid feed additive on performance of turkey poults with experimentally induced poult enteritis and mortality syndrome

Poultry Science

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 951-957

  Roy, R D ^a   Edens, F W ^a   Parkhurst, C R ^a   Qureshi, M A ^a   Havenstein, G B ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Hematology; Poult; Poult enteritis and mortality syndrome; Propionic acid

Indexed keywords

AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO;

FOOD ADDITIVE; HEMOGLOBIN; PROPIONIC ACID; PROPIONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BIRD DISEASE; BODY WEIGHT; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; INTESTINE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; TURKEY (BIRD);

AGING; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; FOOD ADDITIVES; HEMOGLOBINS; INTESTINES; MALE; POULT ENTERITIS MORTALITY SYNDROME; PROPIONIC ACIDS; TURKEYS;

EID: 0036635230     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/81.7.951     Document Type: Article

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