Acidified litter benefits the intestinal flora balance of broiler chickens

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 5208-5213

  Garrido, Margarita Novoa ^a   Skjervheim, Magne ^b   Oppegaard, Hanne ^a,c   Sørum, Henning ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b Bergen Veterinary Clinic   (Norway)

^c TINE SA   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; FARMS; PLANTS (BOTANY); RISKS;

BACTERIAL FLORA; BROILERS; CHICKENS; NONACIDIFIED LITTER; WOOD-DERIVED LITTER;

AGRICULTURE;

FORMIC ACID; LIGNIN; PROPIONIC ACID; SODIUM LIGNOSULFONATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL FLORA; CECUM; CHICKEN; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; DILUTION; DRUG MIXTURE; ENTERITIS; ENTEROCOCCUS; GROWTH INHIBITION; ILEUM; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTOBACILLUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LITTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WOOD;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CHICKENS; CLOSTRIDIUM; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; INTESTINES; LACTOBACILLUS; POULTRY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ENTEROCOCCUS; GALLUS GALLUS; LACTOBACILLUS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 4644278513     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.9.5208-5213.2004     Document Type: Article

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