The natural feed additive caprylic acid decreases Campylobacter jejuni colonization in market-aged broiler chickens

Poultry Science

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 61-64

  Solis de los santos, F ^a   Donoghue, A M ^b   Venkitanarayanan, K ^c   Metcalf, J H ^a   Reyes Herrera, I ^a   Dirain, M L ^a   Aguiar, V F ^a   Blore, P J ^a   Donoghue, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Campylobacter; Caprylic acid; Chicken; Feed withdrawal period; Medium chain fatty acid

Indexed keywords

AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; GALLUS GALLUS;

FOOD ADDITIVE; OCTANOIC ACID; OCTANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; CHICKEN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DRUG EFFECT; MICROBIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHICKENS; DIET; FOOD ADDITIVES; OCTANOIC ACIDS; POULTRY DISEASES;

EID: 63249097092     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2008-00228     Document Type: Article

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