Different antibiotic growth promoters induce specific changes in the cecal microbiota membership of broiler chicken.

Different antibiotic growth promoters induce specific changes in the cecal microbiota membership of broiler chicken.

Antimicrobials are sometimes given to food animals at low doses in order to promote faster growth. However, the mechanisms by which those drugs improve performance are not fully understood. This study aimed to investigate the impact of zinc bacitracin (55g/ton), enramycin (10g/ton); halquinol® (30g/...

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Main Authors: Marcio C Costa, Jose A Bessegatto, Amauri A Alfieri, J Scott Weese, João A B Filho, Alexandre Oba
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5319738?pdf=render

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