The probiotic butyricicoccus pullicaecorum reduces feed conversion and protects from potentially harmful intestinal microorganisms and necrotic enteritis in broilers

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue SEP, 2016, Pages

  Eeckhaut, Venessa ^a   Wang, Jun ^b,c   Van Parys, Alexander ^a   Haesebrouck, Freddy ^a   Joossens, Marie ^b,d   Falony, Gwen ^b,d   Raes, Jeroen ^b,d   Ducatelle, Richard ^a   Van Immerseel, Filip ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b REGA INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Belgium)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^d VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Broiler; Butyrate; Butyricicoccus; FCR; Microbiota

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC FERMENTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BROILER; BUTYRICICOCCUS PULLICAECORUM; CAMPYLOBACTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; INTESTINE FLORA; MALE; NECROTIZING ENTERITIS; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PYROSEQUENCING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84992697317     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01416     Document Type: Article

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