Different combinations of probiotics improve the production performance, egg quality, and immune response of layer hens

Poultry Science

Volumn 91, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2755-2760

  Zhang, J L ^a   Xie, Q M ^a   Ji, J ^a   Yang, W H ^b   Wu, Y B ^a   Li, C ^a   Ma, J Y ^a   Bi, Y Z ^a,c  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Gaozhou YANGS Agriculture Company Limited   (China)

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Egg quality; Immune response; Layer hen; Probiotics; Production performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868145064     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2012-02339     Document Type: Article

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