Intestinal structure and function of broiler chickens on diets supplemented with a synbiotic containing Enterococcus faecium and oligosaccharides

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2205-2216

  Awad, Wageha ^a   Ghareeb, Khaled ^a,b   Böhm, Josef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b South Valley University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Chicken; Electrophysiological parameter; Glucose absorption; Histology; Synbiotic feed additive

Indexed keywords

OLIGOSACCHARIDE; SYNBIOTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; INTESTINE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT;

ALGAE; CICHORIUM INTYBUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 56449116315     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms9112205     Document Type: Article

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