Efficacy of supplementation of α-amylase-producing bacterial culture on the performance, nutrient use, and gut morphology of broiler chickens fed a corn-based diet

Poultry Science

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 505-510

  Onderci, M ^a   Sahin, N ^a   Sahin, K ^a   Cikim, G ^a   Aydin A ^a   Ozercan, I ^a   Aydin S ^a  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Amylase; Broiler; Digestibility; Escherichia coli; Gut morphology

Indexed keywords

AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; GALLUS GALLUS; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; ZEA MAYS;

AMYLASE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHICKEN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIGESTION; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; HISTOLOGY; INTESTINE; MAIZE; MALE; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STOMACH JUICE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ALPHA-AMYLASE; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; CHICKENS; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DIGESTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; INTESTINES; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; WEIGHT GAIN; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33646923453     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/85.3.505     Document Type: Article

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