Growth-promoting effects of single-dose intragastrically administered probiotics in chickens

British Poultry Science

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 732-735

  Khan, M ^a   Raoult, D ^a   Richet, H ^a   Lepidi, H ^a   La Scola, B ^a,b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GALLUS GALLUS; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS FERMENTUM;

PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LACTOBACILLUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STOMACH; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; DIET; FEMALE; LACTOBACILLUS; PROBIOTICS; STOMACH; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 38449123745     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: 14661799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071660701716222     Document Type: Article

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