Effect of bacillus subtilis var. natto fermented soybean on growth performance, microbial activity in the caeca and cytokine gene expression of domestic meat type chickens

Journal of Poultry Science

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 116-122

  Fujiwara, Ken ichiro ^a   Yamazaki, Makoto ^b   Abe, Hiroyuki ^b   Nakashima, Kazuki ^b   Yakabe, Yoko ^b   Otsuka, Makoto ^b   Ohbayashi, Yasunobu ^a   Kato, Yukino ^a   Namai, Kazuo ^a   Toyoda, Atsushi ^c   Miyaguchi, Yuji ^c   Nakamura, Yutaka ^c  

^a Ibaraki Prefectural Livestock Research Center   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LIVESTOCK AND GRASSLAND SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Cecum microbiota; Fermented soybean; Meat type chicken; Probiotics

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS SUBSP. NATTO; GALLUS GALLUS; GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 65749100968     PISSN: 13467395     EISSN: 13490486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2141/jpsa.46.116     Document Type: Article

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