Wheat- and barley-based diets with or without additives influence broiler chicken performance, nutrient digestibility and intestinal microflora

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 184-190

  Rodríguez, María Luisa ^a   Rebolé, Almudena ^a   Velasco, Susana ^a   Ortiz, Luis T ^a   Treviño, Jesús ^a   Alzueta, Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Barley; Broilers; Digestibility; Feed additives; Intestinal microbiota; Wheat

Indexed keywords

CELLULASE; ENZYME; FAT; FATTY ACID; FOOD ADDITIVE; INULIN; NITROGEN; PREBIOTIC AGENT; PROBIOTIC AGENT; XYLAN 1,4 BETA XYLOSIDASE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CALORIC INTAKE; CECUM; CHICKEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIGESTION; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HORDEUM; ILEUM; INTESTINE; JEJUNUM; LACTOBACILLUS; MAIZE; MEAT; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; STOMACH JUICE; VISCOSITY; WEIGHT GAIN; WHEAT;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CECUM; CELLULASES; CHICKENS; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DIGESTION; ENERGY INTAKE; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FATS; FATTY ACIDS; FOOD ADDITIVES; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; HORDEUM; ILEUM; INTESTINES; INULIN; JEJUNUM; LACTOBACILLUS; MEAT; NITROGEN; PREBIOTICS; PROBIOTICS; TRITICUM; VISCOSITY; WEIGHT GAIN; XYLOSIDASES; ZEA MAYS;

AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HORDEUM; LACTOBACILLUS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 82855175197     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.4561     Document Type: Article

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