Efficacy of in-feed preparations of an anticoccidial, multienzyme, prebiotic, probiotic, and herbal essential oil mixture in healthy and Eimeria spp.-infected broilers

Poultry Science

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 389-399

  Bozkurt, M ^a   Aysul, N ^b   Kucukyilmaz K ^c   Aypak, S ^b   Ege, G ^a   Catli A U ^a   Aksit H ^d   Coven F ^e   Seyrek, K ^d   Cinar M ^a  

^a Poultry Research Institute   (Turkey)

^b ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d BALIKESIR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e Bornova Veterinary Control and Research Institute   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anticoccidial; Essential oil; Multienzyme; Prebiotic; Probiotic

Indexed keywords

COCCIDIOSTATIC AGENT; ENZYME; ESSENTIAL OIL; IONOPHORE; PREBIOTIC AGENT; PROBIOTIC AGENT; PYRAN DERIVATIVE; SALINOMYCIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ANTICOCCIDIAL; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CHICKEN; COCCIDIOSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; EIMERIA; FECES; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INTESTINE; MALE; MULTIENZYME; OOCYST; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANTICOCCIDIAL; ESSENTIAL OIL; MULTIENZYME; PREBIOTIC; PROBIOTIC;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; COCCIDIOSIS; COCCIDIOSTATS; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EIMERIA; ENZYMES; FECES; FEMALE; INTESTINES; IONOPHORES; MALE; OILS, VOLATILE; OOCYSTS; POULTRY DISEASES; PREBIOTICS; PROBIOTICS; PYRANS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84893759762     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2013-03368     Document Type: Article

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