The impact of a specific blend of essential oil components and sodium butyrate in feed on growth performance and Salmonella counts in experimentally challenged broilers

Poultry Science

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 599-606

  Cerisuelo, A ^a   Marin C ^b   Sanchez Vizcaino F ^e   Gomez E A ^a   De La Fuente, J M ^c   Duran R ^c   Fernandez C ^d  

^a INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE INVESTIGACIONES AGRARIAS IVIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CEU CARDENAL HERRERA   (Spain)

^c DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Broiler; Essential oil; Growth performance; Salmonella enteritidis; Sodium butyrate

Indexed keywords

ACROLEIN; BUTYRIC ACID; CINNAMALDEHYDE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ESSENTIAL OIL; THYMOL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL SALMONELLOSIS; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; BROILER; CECUM; CHICKEN; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; FECES; GROWTH PERFORMANCE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SODIUM-BUTYRATE;

BROILER; ESSENTIAL OIL; GROWTH PERFORMANCE; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SODIUM-BUTYRATE;

ACROLEIN; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BUTYRIC ACID; CECUM; CHICKENS; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FECES; LIVER; MALE; OILS, VOLATILE; POULTRY DISEASES; PREVALENCE; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; THYMOL;

EID: 84898793132     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2013-03528     Document Type: Article

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