Effects of lactobacillus plantarum on production performance, immune characteristics, antioxidant status, and intestinal microflora of bursin-immunized broilers

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 193-202

  Shen, Xuejiao ^a   Yi, Dan ^a   Ni, Xueqin ^a   Zeng, Dong ^a   Jing, Bo ^a   Lei, Mingxia ^a   Bian, Zhengrong ^a   Zeng, Yan ^a   Li, Tao ^a   Xin, Jinge ^a  

^a SICHUAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antioxidant status; Broiler; Bursin; Immune characteristic; Intestinal microflora; Lactobacillus plantarum; Production performance

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BODY MASS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; PEPTIDE; PROBIOTICS;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CHICKENS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERLEUKIN-2; INTERLEUKIN-6; INTESTINES; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; LIVER; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PROBIOTICS; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 84897491143     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: 14803275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjm-2013-0680     Document Type: Article

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