Assessment of dietary supplementation with probiotics on performance, intestinal morphology and microflora of chickens infected with Eimeria tenella

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 188, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 31-40

  Giannenas, I ^a   Papadopoulos, E ^b   Tsalie, E ^a   Triantafillou, El ^c   Henikl, S ^d   Teichmann, K ^d   Tontis, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c Military Veterinary Training and Nursing Centre   (Greece)

^d BIOMIN RESEARCH CENTER   (Austria)

Author keywords

Chicken; Eimeria tenella; Experimental infection; Growth performance; Probiotics

Indexed keywords

LASALOCID; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM ANIMALIS; BLOODY DIARRHEA; BODY WEIGHT; BROILER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CECUM; CHICKEN; COCCIDIOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; EIMERIA TENELLA; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FEMALE; GROWTH; HISTOPATHOLOGY; ILEUM; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE INJURY; INTESTINE VILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OOCYST; OOCYST SHEDDING; PARASITE PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CHICKENS; COCCIDIOSIS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EIMERIA TENELLA; FEMALE; INTESTINES; LASALOCID; MALE; POULTRY DISEASES; PROBIOTICS;

AVES; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM ANIMALIS; EIMERIA TENELLA; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GALLUS GALLUS; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI;

EID: 84863200734     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2012.02.017     Document Type: Article

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