Dietary Administration of the Bacillus subtilis Enhances Immune Responses and Disease Resistance in Chickens

Bacillus subtilis (B. subtilis) has a variety of proposed beneficial effects for chickens, including growth promotion and disease prevention. In this study, chickens were fed a diet containing B. subtilis for 21 days and growth performance, intestinal morphology, intestinal microbiota, immune respon...

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Main Authors: Mengjiao Guo, Mingtao Li, Chengcheng Zhang, Xiaorong Zhang, Yantao Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2020.01768/full