Prophylactic administration of a combined prebiotic and probiotic, or therapeutic administration of enrofloxacin, to reduce the incidence of bacterial chondronecrosis with osteomyelitis in broilers

Poultry Science

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 25-36

  Wideman, R F ^a   Al Rubaye, A ^a   Kwon, Y M ^a   Blankenship, J ^a   Lester, H ^a   Mitchell, K N ^a   Pevzner, I Y ^b   Lohrmann, T ^c   Schleifer, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b Department of Biological Sciences ^*  (United States)

^c Quality Technology International   (United States)

Author keywords

Broiler; Lameness; Osteomyelitis; Prebiotic; Probiotic

Indexed keywords

AVES; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ENROFLOXACIN; PREBIOTIC AGENT; PROBIOTIC AGENT; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BUILDING; CHICKEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INCIDENCE; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NECROSIS; OSTEOMYELITIS; POULTRY DISEASES; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CHICKENS; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; FLUOROQUINOLONES; HOUSING, ANIMAL; INCIDENCE; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; MALE; NECROSIS; OSTEOMYELITIS; POULTRY DISEASES; PREBIOTICS; PROBIOTICS;

EID: 84926432618     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps/peu025     Document Type: Article

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