Effects of dietary inulin on the intestinal short chain fatty acids and microbial ecology in broiler chickens as revealed by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis

Poultry Science

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 783-789

  Rehman, H ^a,c   Hellweg, P ^b   Taras, D ^b   Zentek, J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND ANIMAL SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Broiler; Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis; Inulin; Microbiota; Short chain fatty acid

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GALLUS GALLUS; GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 42649102004     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2007-00271     Document Type: Article

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