Effects of mushroom and herb polysaccharides, as alternatives for an antibiotic, on the cecal microbial ecosystem in broiler chickens

Poultry Science

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 175-182

  Guo, F C ^a,b   Williams, B A ^a   Kwakkel, R P ^a   Li, H S ^b   Li, X P ^b   Luo, J Y ^b   Li, W K ^c   Verstegen, M W A ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^c Gansu Animal Health Service   (China)

Author keywords

Cecal microbial ecosystem; Chicken; Growth; Mushroom and herb polysaccharide extracts

Indexed keywords

ASTRAGALUS MEMBRANACEUS; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES SP.; BASIDIOMYCOTA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GALLIFORMES; GALLUS GALLUS; LACTOBACILLUS; LENTINULA EDODES; LENTINUS; LENTINUS EDODES; MICROBIOTA; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA GALLISEPTICUM; TREMELLA FUCIFORMIS;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; APRAMYCIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; NEBRAMYCIN; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

AGARICALES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CECUM; CHEMISTRY; CHICKEN; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MEDICINAL PLANT; MICROBIOLOGY; PH; RANDOMIZATION; VISCOSITY; WEIGHT GAIN;

AGARICALES; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CECUM; CHICKENS; FEMALE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NEBRAMYCIN; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; POLYSACCHARIDES; PROBIOTICS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; VISCOSITY; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 3042843631     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/83.2.175     Document Type: Article

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