Effects of probiotics on the growth performance and intestinal micro flora of broiler chickens

Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 713-717

  Li, Yin Bo ^a   Xu, Qian Qian ^a   Yang, Cun Jin ^a   Yang, Xin ^a   Lv, Le ^a   Yin, Chun Hua ^a   Liu, Xiao Lu ^a   Yan, Hai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

Author keywords

Broilers; Feed conversion ratio; Growth performance; Intestinal micro flora; Probiotics

Indexed keywords

FOOD ADDITIVE; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ACTINOMYCES; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTITLES; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BODY WEIGHT; BROILER; COLONY FORMING UNIT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYBERLINDNERA JADINII; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS PALUSTRIS; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; CHICKEN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INTESTINE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CHICKENS; INTESTINES; PROBIOTICS;

EID: 84906559798     PISSN: 1011601X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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