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Different antibiotic growth promoters induce specific changes in the cecal microbiota membership of broiler chicken.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2017
Costa Marcio C, Bessegatto Jose A, Alfieri Amauri A, Weese J Scott, Filho João A B, Oba Alexandre
Abstract excerpt
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/ton); virginiamycin (16,5g/ton) and avilamycin (10g/ton) on the cecal microbiota of broiler chicken, compared to a...
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