Dietary supplementation with vitamin C ameliorates the adverse effects of Salmonella Enteritidis-challenge in broilers by shaping intestinal microbiota

Salmonella Enteritidis (SE) infection is not only a leading cause of poor production performance and compromised animal welfare in broilers but also a potential threat to public health. Two experiments were conducted to evaluate the effects of dietary supplemental vitamin C (VC) on SE challenged-bro...

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Main Authors: Liping Gan, Hao Fan, Tahir Mahmood, Yuming Guo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-07-01
Series:Poultry Science
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S003257912030242X